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Seafish
Sea bass tartare with seaweed
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Mussel risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Caramel and mascarpone
Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.
Pork
Braised jambonneau
Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Cheeses
Curé nantais
France. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.
Furred game
Hare à la Cuillère with grilled bacon and chasseur sauce
A la cuillère : meat slow-cooked in a casserole dish (4 to 8 hours at 160°C), hollowed out and stuffed, then gratinéed before serving.
Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.
Sauces
White sauce
White sauce : sauce made from heated flour and butter with added hot liquid (broth, water, pan juices, wine).
Seafish
Sole fillets bonne femme
Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Damson pavlova
Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Poultry
Chicken with morel cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Pineapple carpaccio
Pineapple sliced into very thin pieces, drizzled with a vanilla syrup.
Seafish
Blanquette of monkfish with saffron
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Shellfish and Seafood
Sweet and sour sauce shrimp
Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.
Poultry
Braised duck with turnips
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Cheeses
Kunik
United States. New York.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized goat’s and cow's milk with a bloomy rind.