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Poultry
Hot chicken
Spicy fried chicken served on slices of white bread with pickle strips.
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Steak tartare
Minced meat served raw with capers, chives, gherkins, onions, chopped parsley, and a raw egg yolk.
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Vol-au-vent financiere
Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.
Desserts
Apple crumble with spices
Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.
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Chicken fricassee with mushrooms
Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.
> view pairingsSea fish
Salmon in parchment with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
> view pairingsEggs
Oeufs en meurette
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Poached eggs with red wine sauce, bacon lardons and onion compote.
Sauces
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."
Consommé and Soup
Aigo boulido
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Soup with garlic and boiled sage leaves.