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Meal families

Sea fish

Sea bass fillets a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Game birds

Spit-roasted young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Poultry

Goose with red wine sauce

Goose marinated in red wine before cooking.

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Cooked meats

Woodstock pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Pork

Saucisse de Morteau

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haut-Doubs.
Smoked sausage.

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Poultry

Roasted poultry with mushrooms

Mushroom sauce : sauce made from a white or brown base, with mushrooms and other ingredients such as butter, seasonings, stock (veal or poultry), and wine.

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Sea fish

Sole with lemon butter sauce

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose neck Strasbourg-style

Goose neck stuffed with pork and veal meat, with Cognac, cream and black truffle.
Served hot.

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Cheeses

Soumaintrain

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind, light yellow to ochre in color.
Ripening : 3 to 8 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster fricassee

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

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Sea fish

Red mullet with sorrel sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles mariniere

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Desserts

Chocolate Saint-Honoré

Saint-Honoré : puff pastry or shortcrust base topped with choux pastry before baking, then covered with pastry cream and small cream-filled choux puffs glazed with caramel around the edges.
The center of the cake is filled with whipped cream or a Chiboust cream (pastry cream mixed with Italian meringue).

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Desserts

Mont-blanc

Meringue cake covered with Chantilly cream and topped with chestnut cream, then dusted with icing sugar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichoke hearts

Pairing possible if little or no vinegar.

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