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Meal families

Pork

Pork filet mignon with Maroilles sauce

Sauce made with Maroilles cheese and white wine.

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Main meals

Matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with rosemary and tapenade

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Sea fish

Salmon tartare with red caviar

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Cheeses

Saint-Félicien

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Hautes-Alpes. Dauphiné.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Provolone

Italy. Lombardy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Desserts

Flemish waffle

Waffle filled with a mixture of light brown sugar, butter, and rum, often flavored with vanilla.

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Cheeses

Brie de Meaux

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Nicasio square

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.

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Sauces

Devil sauce

Devil sauce : shallot and vinegar reduction with veal stock and espagnole sauce, simmered and reduced by half with tomato.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops in americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed eggplants

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Desserts

Nun’s puffs

Light and sweet puffed fritter made from choux pastry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White truffle risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Sauces

Garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Cheeses

Chavroux

Fresh cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk.

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Main meals

Hake rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy sauce or paste made of chopped fruits or vegetables with crushed ginger, sliced onions, and chili peppers.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes with duck confit

Croquette with chopped duck confit and mashed potatoes or white sauce.

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