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Meal families

Consommé and Soup

Frog legs veloute

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with white truffle

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Beef

Estouffade of beef

Estouffade : cooked slowly with very little liquid in a closed container.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with cream sauce

Cream sauce : Bechamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Puits d’amour

Hollowed round cake in puff pastry or choux pastry stuffed with jam (apricot, raspberry or redcurrant jelly) or custard and topped with caramel or icing sugar.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Munster quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Cheeses

Cancoillotte

France. Franche-Comté. Lorraine. Luxembourg.
Runny cheese made from skimmed milk curd.

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Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Desserts

Neigeux with strawberry

Whipped egg whites folded with runny cream cheese and covered with strawberries and fruit purée.

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta quiche

Ricotta: Italian or Maltese cheese made from the whey of other cheeses, sheep or cow.

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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Offal and tripe

Tripe

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti gratin

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with gravy

Gravy : sauce made from the juices that run naturally during cooking with wheat flour or cornstarch.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops with rosemary

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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