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Meal families

Sauces

Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Others

Burgundy snails in cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Scallop tart

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Cheeses

Capri lézéen

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind placed on a chestnut leaf.
Ripening : 1 to 2 weeks.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Roquefort croustade

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with maitre d’hotel butter

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with lemon butter sauce

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Appetizers

Lobster butter canapé

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Cheeses

Pavé du Nord demi-vieux

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Warm starters

Snails puff pastry

Dish made with puff pastry.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with garlic

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartare with citrus

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

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