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Meal families

Poultry

Roasted squab à la goutte de sang

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop in bitter-sweet

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled zucchini

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Asparagus flan

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Cooked meats

Glazed ham

Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.

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Beef

Pastrami

Smoked salted beef, sliced thinly.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with crab, potatoes and curry

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pie Munster

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with dill and basil

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

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Ice cream and sorbets

Tricolor ice cream bombe

Ice cream bomb : ice cream in a spherical or semi-spherical Ihape.
Tricolor : pistachio, strawberry and vanilla ice creams with meringue.

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Veal

Veal escalope with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster claws 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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Sauces

Béchamel sauce

Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled crab

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