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Bouchée à la reine
France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Individual puff pastry filled with a savory mixture cut into small cubes or slices (poultry, sweetbreads, ham, mushrooms) and bound together with a thick sauce (béchamel sauce, financière sauce, suprême sauce).
Offal and tripe
Braised veal sweetbreads
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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Turbot with mousseline sauce
Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.
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Poultry with Comté sauce
Comté sauce : grated Comté cheese with white wine, crème fraîche, and shallot.
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Biscuits roses de Reims charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
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Blinis with taramasalata
Greece. Turkey.
Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.
Shellfish and Seafood
Marinated scallops with citrus fruits
Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.
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Peking duck with sweet spices
To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
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.
Beef
Grilled Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut.
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Veal chop with morel cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
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Pavé d’Auge
France. Normandy. Pays d'Auge.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Cold starters
Langoustines with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
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