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Meal families

Seafish

Sea bass with orange sauce

Spain. Valencia.
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bordeaux style Bay scallops

Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mirlitons de Rouen

France. Normandy. Rouen.
Tartlet filled with a cream made from butter, cream, eggs, ground almonds, sugar and vanilla.

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Veal

Grilled veal tendron

Tendron : french butcher's cut from the veal breast containing cartilage and layers of fat and meat.

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Cheeses

Roth Private Reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : over 6 months.

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Seafish

Monkfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Seafish

Braised monkfish with curry sauce

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Beef

Steak au poivre vert

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Furred game

Venison fillet with huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.

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Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Flemish waffle

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

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Sauces

Perigourdine sauce

Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with blonde roux and diced black truffles) enhanced with onions, shallots and duck foie gras.

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Pork

Boudin blanc

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb noisette

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Main courses

Inarizushi

Fried tofu stuffed with sweet and vinegared rice.

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Cheeses

Dry Jack Monterey

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Crottin de Chavignol

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Sancerre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Caramel merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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