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Meal families

Poultry

Salmi of pigeon and mallard

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Cold starters

Chicken aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Sea fish

Roasted monkfish in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Desserts

Kouign amann

France. Brittany. Douarnenez.
Crispy cake made with bread dough containing butter and sugar folded in layers, like puff pastry but with fewer layers.
Eat hot or warm.

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Cheeses

Neufchâtel

France. Normandy. Neufchatel-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened double cream cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with honey

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mushroom risotto

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

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Poultry

Chicken Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole dish with mushrooms, onion, tomato with white wine.

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Cheeses

Mignot

France. Normandy. Orne. Vimoutiers.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Lamb chopper

United States. California.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Cheeses

Villageois

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti gratin

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared bay scallop with Noilly Prat

Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Cheeses

Brie de Melun

France. Brie. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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Sea fish

Bouillabaisse

Provençal fish stew. The name of this dish comes from the Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (reduce) : bouille et abaisse.

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