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Meal families

Sea fish

Sole bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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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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Cooked meats

Rillettes

Pork meat slowly cooked over low heat in its own fat.
Served cold.

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Poultry

Duck breast with Fougerolles Griottines

Griottines : cherries macerated in a kirsch liqueur.

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Main meals

Stuffed tomatoes

Stuffed tomatoes with tomato, rice, meat, garlic, bread and parsley.

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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb à la boulangère

Boulangere : studded with garlic cloves.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike-perch with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Poultry

Duck breast with poached pears and red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Squab pie with Armagnac

Armagnac sauce : cooking juice with Armagnac flambeed, creamed and reduced until thickened.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

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Cheeses

Claquebitou

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fresh cheese made from goat's milk.

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Poultry

Geline with black truffle

Geline : chicken from Touraine.

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