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Sheep and Goats
Saddle of lamb in salt crust
Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
Eggs
Scotch eggs
United Kingdom.
Hard-boiled peeled egg wrapped in minced meat sausage, coated with breadcrumbs, then baked or fried.
Cheeses
Pavé de Calais
France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 4 weeks.
Freshwater fish
Artic char with meunière sauce
Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.
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Reblochon laitier
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk (Red label).
Sea fish
Roasted sea bass with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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Eggs in snow with raspberry
Eggs in snow : egg whites shaped with a spoon and poached in simmering milk or very hot water, accompanied by crème anglaise and generally topped with caramel.
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Blue cheese
Cheese made from sheep’s, goat’s, and/or cow’s milk, containing internal mold with colors ranging from blue to grey-green.
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Merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Freshwater fish
Blanquette of zander
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Cold starters
Meatloaf
Mixture of minced meat (lamb, beef, pork, veal, etc) with milk, breadcrumbs, onion, egg and spices, baked in the oven or in a pot and usually rectangular in shape.
Served cold, warm or hot.
Poultry
Bresse fattened chicken en demi deuil
Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
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Duck foie gras with velouté of red kuri squash and porcini mushrooms
Velouté : soup with cream and egg yolk added.
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Mole chicken
Mole : sauce made with peanuts, cocoa, chili, sesame, tomato and thickened with corn dough, bread, or tortilla (fried and crumbled).
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Grilled duck aiguillette
Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
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Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream
Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.


