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Meal families

Pork

Rouelle of pork

Rouelle : a thick slice of meat cut from the hind leg.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads cassolette with mustard

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam

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Desserts

Banana and raisins crumble with rhum

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Sea fish

Sea bass whith cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Turbot with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Cheeses

Mascarpone

Italy. Lombardy. Lodi.
Buffalo milk or cow's milk cheese rich made from cream, coagulated by adding lemon juice or white vinegar.
This is the equivalent of the cream in Italian cuisine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue: spiny lobster meat slices placed in a row on the shell and served cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood gratin

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Beef

Braised beef chuck

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon pie

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Cold starters

Fresh Sainte-Maure and pistachio terrine

Sainte-Maure : goat cheese.

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Sea fish

Sole with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Main meals

Auvergne style potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Pork

Pork fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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