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Meal families

Sea fish

Sea bass fillets a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Main meals

Eel matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Feta

Greece.
Sheep's milk cheese curdled in brine.

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Desserts

Savarin with red berries

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Desserts

Chestnut macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Veal

Veal chop casserole

Veal chop served with bacon, potatoes, and white onions, simmered in chicken broth and butter

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Pork

Diots

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood tart

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Desserts

Strawberry snow

Whipped egg whites filled with cottage cheese, topped with strawberries and a fruit coulis.

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Sea fish

Bordeaux style shad

Bordeaux or Bordelaise style : with shallots, parsley, and red wine.

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Sauces

Brown sauce

Brown sauce : reduced brown stock and tomato concentrate or brown roux with added butter, onion and bacon, flavored with bouquet garni.

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