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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops with lime

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

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Desserts

Nun’s puffs

Light and sweet puffed fritter made from choux pastry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta al limone

Pasta with cream and lemon.

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Poultry

Goose with red wine sauce

Goose marinated in red wine before cooking.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Desserts

Pineapple aumoniere

Diced pineapple cooked in filo pastry.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with fennel and beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Coolea Plain

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Cheeses

Charolais

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Produced in Allier, Loire, Rhone and Saone-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened unpasteurized goat's milk cheese with a mouldy rind.

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Sauces

Béchamel sauce

Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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Desserts

Red berry trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Sauces

Lobster butter

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops skewers with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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