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Meal families

Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with sauce homardine

Sauce homardine : Lobster bisque with cream.

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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini raviole

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.
Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Cheeses

Havarti

Denmark.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed crab

Stuffed crab with bread and bacon.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with béarnaise sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fried squid

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood skewers

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch fillets with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sea fish

Salmon in parchment with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb with blueberry

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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