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Meal families

Pork

Peking pork

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Appetizers

Poached eggs tart and Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Cheeses

Le bleu 1924

France.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Veal

Classic blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Desserts

Candied chestnut vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sauces

Black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed spider crab

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Desserts

Rhubarb sablé

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Smoked salmon lasagna with mixed herbs

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Ice cream and sorbets

Mandarin sorbet

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