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Meal families

Desserts

Vanilla religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Beef

Hachis parmentier

Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Desserts

Raspberry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sea fish

Salmon with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu with hollandaise sauce

Blue : cooked in a vinegar-based court-bouillon.
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Cheeses

Tomme de chèvre

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from goat's milk.

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Cheeses

Bear hill

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 8 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops

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Desserts

Crémets d’Anjou

Egg white beaten with whipped cream and red berries.

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Cheeses

Laguiole

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 24 months.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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