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Meal families

Desserts

Lemon soufflé

Served hot.

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Desserts

Strawberries Cardinal

Strawberries covered with raspberry purée and sliced almonds flavored with liqueur (usually kirsch).

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Desserts

Caramel and mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Cooked meats

Pheasant pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with forty cloves of garlic

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cold starters

Salmon sashimi

Sashimi : thin slices of raw fish or shellfish.

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Sauces

Béchamel sauce

Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta tart

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

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Cheeses

Neufchâtel

France. Normandy. Neufchatel-en-Bray.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts

Angel’s food cake

A type of vanilla sponge cake often served covered with red berry coulis and strawberries.

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Sauces

Marinière sauce

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Desserts

Frangipane tart

Frangipane : almond-based cream mixed with pastry cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

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Poultry

Blanquette of chicken

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with salmon and shirred eggs

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Poultry

Galette with ham and cheese

Galette : savory crepe.

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