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Meal families

Veal

Roasted rack of veal with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Munster quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Salads

Cervelat salad

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Cervelas sausage cut into cubes or strips, mixed with onions and served with a cider or white wine vinaigrette.
Can be served with steamed potatoes and hard-boiled eggs.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with honey

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb and polenta

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with melted butter

Lobster served with melted butter enhanced with reduced lemon juice, and optionally, pepper or chili.

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Eggs

Cheese omelette with ham

Omelette with grated cheese and ham.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Cheeses

Wrangeback

Sweden.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 10 to 15 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pineapple bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apricot marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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