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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken supreme with mushrooms

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Cooked meats

Goose paté with goose foie gras and black truffle

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Desserts

Baerewecke

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Bread with dried and candied fruits marinated in alcohol.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé

Chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Cold starters

Sainte-Maure goat cheese and walnut crumble

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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Offal and tripe

Tripes à la mode de Caen

France. Normandy.
Stew made with the four parts of a veal’s stomach (rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum) and an ox foot.

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Sauces

Bercy sauce

Bercy sauce : Reduction of chopped shallots with peppercorns mixed with white wine with meat glaze and whipped with butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles mariniere

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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle with rice

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Cheeses

St. Albans

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Cold starters

Oyster tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Desserts

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin

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