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Meal families

Cheeses

Brie with black truffles

France. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind, cut in half with slices of black truffle.

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Others

Smørrebrød

Denmark.
Slice of rye bread buttered topped with one or more products (sausages, condiments, cheese, fish ...).

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Poultry

Chicken fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Polenta

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles and bay scallop cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Poultry

Duck with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with citrus fruits

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Game birds

Salmi of quails

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch a l’unilateral / Pike-perch cooked unilaterally / Zander cooked unilaterally

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

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Desserts

Christmas pudding

United Kingdom.
Dark-coloured Christmas cake, steamed for a long time with dried fruits, nuts, brown sugar or molasses and often beef kidney fat and flavoured with beer (Porter, Stout), alcohol (Cognac) or citrus juice. Before being served with cognac or flambéed rum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters Rockefeller

Oysters cooked in breadcrumbs with spinach, parsley and a dash of anise liqueur.

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Game animals

Haunch of venison with sauce poivrade

Haunch : leg.
Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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Sauces

Mayonnaise

Oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper. Sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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