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Pear ambassadeur
Sponge cake soaked in Grand Marnier (sometimes Kirsch), layered with pastry cream filled with pear, and topped with a layer of marzipan (typically green).
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Palet de Bourgogne
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.
Ripening : 1 month minimum.
Cheeses
Coutances
France. Normandy. Manche. Coutances.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Shellfish and Seafood
Langoustine cassolette with cream sauce
Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Sea fish
Salmon carpaccio
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Spaghetti carbonara
Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.
Poultry
Duck aiguillette with cherry
Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
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Dacquoise
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake composed of several discs of meringue pastry with almonds and hazelnuts (sometimes with added coconut or pistachios) with butter cream and covered with icing sugar.
Serve cold.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Braised endives
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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Cherries flambéed in kirsch
Cherries poached in a light syrup, coated in caramel, flambéed, and served over vanilla ice cream.
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Scallops with black truffle zabaione
Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.
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Fruit blancmange
Blanc-manger : milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, potato flour or cornflour.
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Roasted leg of lamb with thyme and black olives
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Beef
Roasted beef tenderloin with red wine emulsion
Red wine emulsion : red wine brought to a boil, flambéed, then reduced with veal stock and fresh cream before being finished with butter and whisked.
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