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Meal families

Poultry

Guinea fowl salmis with cabbage

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine Alfredo with mushrooms

Fetuccine Alfredo : Pasta dish made with long pasta mixed with butter and Parmesan cheese.

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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini mushrooms

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Cheeses

Brabander

Netherlands. North Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with waxed rind.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

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Sea fish

Bordeaux style lamprey

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its blood and served with garlic croutons.

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Desserts

Caramel charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Cheeses

Camembert

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Poultry

Lemon chicken

Piece of chicken marinated in lemon before cooking.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Cheeses

Ricotta

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Sea fish

Cold hake fillets with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Pork

Black pudding with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Main meals

Ganzeltopf

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish of slow-cooked confit goose with mixed vegetables and white wine.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tomato tart

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Desserts

Biscuits roses de Reims charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.
Served cold.

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