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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Fritto misto

Fried seafood and vegetables.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Quince sorbet

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Main meals

Berthoud

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie.
Abondance cheese rubbed with garlic, grated or sliced, seasoned and and topped with white wine before being baked au gratin.
Served with jacket potatoes.

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Poultry

Squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Sauces

Marinière sauce

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Appetizers

Poivrade artichokes with olive oil

Poivrade artichoke : young Violet de Provence artichoke.

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Poultry

Chicken confit

Generally eaten hot.

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Freshwater fish

Trout aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with spring vegetables and Soubise sauce

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Pork

Orange pork roast

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Beef

Beef Wellington

Beef fillet in puff pastry with spices such as curry or ginger.

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Main meals

Galette saucisse

France. Brittany.
Grilled pork sausage rolled in a cold buckwheat galette.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Sea fish

Grilled salmon a l’unilateral

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

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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