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Meal families

Cheeses

Fresh Écume De Wimereux

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Poultry

Roasted duck breast with grenaille potatoes

Grenailles : small potatoes (diameter between 18 and 35 millimeters).

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with white wine

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.

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Desserts

Apricot and almond pastilla

Brick pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds, and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream, and garnished with apricots and powdered sugar.

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Pork

Jambonneau confit

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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Sea fish

Tuna in escabeche

Escabeche : marinade made with oil and vinegar (or lemon juice).

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Pork

Pork leg slice with mojette beans

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.
Mojette beans : white beans from Vendée.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras

Served cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and pork crépinettes

Oysters accompanied by a piece of sausage meat.

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Others

Beef pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Sauces

Supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled crab

Crab cooked in a broth.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Camembert potato gratin

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Desserts

Strawberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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