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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Anabasque

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk and washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Main meals

Gratin dauphinois

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Sea fish

Cod with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon pizza

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Poultry

Poached Bresse fattened chicken with supreme sauce

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

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Beef

Lucullus tongue

Mille-feuille of smoked beef tongue slices and duck foie gras.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with pommes Pont-Neuf potatoes

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters

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Cheeses

Mt Tam

United States. California.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi : langoustine without head.

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Cold starters

Turkey meatloaf

Ballotine : piece of meat, game, fish, or poultry that is deboned, rolled, stuffed, and tied, cooked in a casserole or set in jelly.

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Pork

Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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