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Meal families

Desserts

Redcurrant vacherin

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

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Cheeses

Saint-Paulin

Canada. France.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Desserts

Lemon soufflé

Served hot.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek tart

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Sauces

Crayfish butter

Butter mixed with finely chopped crayfish meat and often seasoned.

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Cold starters

Sea bass carpaccio with dill

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Salads

Apple and walnut salad

Salad of julienned apples and celery, served with walnuts and a mayonnaise dressing.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops in americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Shellfish and Seafood

Brown shrimps

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Poultry

Poached fattened chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cold starters

Raw vegetables

Do not serve fine wine.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with white wine

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.

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Poultry

Blanquette of turkey with almonds

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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Sauces

Albufera sauce

Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes with vinaigrette

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Beef

Tagliata

Italian cuisine.
Thin slices of grilled beef served with arugula salad, parmesan shavings and virgin sauce.

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Desserts

Stollen

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Cake made from bread dough with candied fruits, dried fruits and spices dusted with powdered sugar.

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