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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Croquant

Croquant : almond biscuit.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Dacquoise

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake composed of several discs of meringue pastry with almonds and hazelnuts (sometimes with added coconut or pistachios) with butter cream and covered with icing sugar.
Serve cold.

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Salads

Cervelat salad

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Cervelas sausage cut into cubes or strips, mixed with onions and served with a cider or white wine vinaigrette.
Can be served with steamed potatoes and hard-boiled eggs.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry tart

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Sauces

Mint sauce

Mint sauce : vinegar with sugar and chopped mint leaves.

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Main courses

Potée

Mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Poultry

Young turkey with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate pavé topped with caramel

Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Braised scallops

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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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Baked apples

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Praline succès cake

Macaron filled with praline cream.

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Cheeses

Stolwijker kaas

Netherlands. South Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.

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Main courses

Berthoud

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie.
Abondance cheese rubbed with garlic, grated or sliced, seasoned and and topped with white wine before being baked au gratin.
Served with jacket potatoes.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peaches with meringue

Baked peaches topped with meringue.

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Sheep and Goats

Mutton chops with bacon

English-style : with bacon.

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Poultry

Geline with black truffle

Geline : chicken from Touraine.

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