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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop fricassee

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

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Desserts

Red berry vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sea fish

John Dory with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Others

Salmon guédille

Canada. Quebec.
Guédille : sandwich made with a hot dog bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.

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Desserts

Mirabelle plum pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alle vongole

Pasta with clams and persillade sauce.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with velouté of red kuri squash and porcini mushrooms

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Cheeses

Calvander

United States. North Carolina.Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Fougerus

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind decorated with a fern leaf.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed spiny lobster

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Desserts

Pineapple with whipped cream

Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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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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