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Meal families

Sauces

Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Desserts

Vacherin

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Blanquette of bay scallop blanquette with Noilly Prat

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alle vongole

Pasta with clams and persillade sauce.

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Main meals

Ganzeltopf

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish of slow-cooked confit goose with mixed vegetables and white wine.

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Desserts

Mirabelle crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fricassee

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop tartare with lime and curry sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Beef

Entrecote with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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