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Meal families

Desserts

Condé apricots

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with syrupy apricots.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles and scallops cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle slices

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

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Cheeses

Manchego fresco

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

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Sauces

Spiny lobster butter

Spiny lobster meat with butter.

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Main meals

Langoustine sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Sauces

Garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Beef

Rib steak over vine shoots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Smoked salmon lasagna with mixed herbs

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Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Others

Pork gyros

Gyros : greek-origin sandwich, derived from döner kebab, made with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce in pita bread.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza Margherita

Pizza with basil, mozzarella, and tomato (representing the three colors of the Italian flag).

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