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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Pacific oysters

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Cheeses

Bay blue

United States. California.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Sea fish

Turbot with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Peach marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Warm starters

Duck foie gras with black truffle in puff pastry

Duck foie gras with black truffle wrapped in puff pastry.

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Desserts

Caramel crème renversée

Baked custard served in a ramekin with a caramel bottom, or unmolded, inverted, and topped with caramel.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

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Consommé and Soup

Pauchouse

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Specialty made from pieces of lean freshwater fish (pike, perch, zander) and fatty fish (eel, carp, salmon, tench, trout), cooked in a white wine sauce and served with croutons, bacon bits, and potatoes.

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Sea fish

Marinated anchovies

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini with garlic and parsley

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Desserts

Chocolate and orange marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Cheeses

Trifecta

United States. New York.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep’s and cow's milk with a beer-washed rind (Saison).
Ripening : 2 years.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Bordeaux-style porcini mushrooms

Porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Apicius pie

Pie with a filling of poultry, honey, and spices.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with smoked salmon

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Veal

Veal medallion with mushrooms

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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