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Meal families

Poultry

Bresse chicken with morel sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom pie

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Sea fish

Salmon steak with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola dolce

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : less than 3 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Thin scallop tart

Thin tart : on puff pastry.

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Sauces

Black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelk tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with citrus

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

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Beef

Grilled beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Cheeses

Charloe

United States. Ohio.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu with hollandaise sauce

Blue : cooked in a vinegar-based court-bouillon.
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Cheeses

Grilovaný Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind grilled.

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Pork

Jambonneau with sauerkraut

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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