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Meal families

Sea fish

Turbot fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Sauces

Cocktail sauce

Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.

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Desserts

Fruit bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Cheeses

Brie à la truffe noire

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Brie.
Brie cut in half then topped with a preparation made from black truffle and mascarpone.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed mushrooms with taramasalata

Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.

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Sauces

Cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp nem

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Offal and tripe

Grilled merguez

Merguez : sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with seasonings (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili…).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lobster risotto with saffron

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Desserts

Chocolate mirror cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Cheeses

Goat camembert

Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Sauces

Supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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