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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Caramel mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Pork

Pork shoulder with diable sauce

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Pork shoulder coated in a mustard sauce with garlic, shallot and parsley, wrapped in pig's caul fat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables à la croque au sel

À la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, like radishes.

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Main courses

Crab rice pilaf

Pilaf : wheat, quinoa or rice cooked in a seasoned broth in the oven or or casserole dish.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple cake

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Hot Starters

Snails in bread crust

Dish made with bread dough.

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Main courses

Chicken tajine with prunes

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry 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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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Frangipane tart

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

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Poultry

Chicken with satay sauce

Satay sauce : sauce made with coconut cream and peanut butter, with garlic, lime, chili and spices (coriander, cumin and fennel).

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Sheep and Goats

Catalan lamb marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Cheeses

Reblochon fermier

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk (Green label).
Made from milk sourcing from a single herd of cows.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster medallion en Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

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Cheeses

Bergues

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a beer-washed rind.

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Cheeses

Le bleu 1924

France.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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