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Meal families

Cooked meats

Goose paté with goose foie gras

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichoke hearts

Pairing possible if little or no vinegar.

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Desserts

Queen of Sheba cake

Chocolate and almond cake.

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Desserts

Mirlitons de Pont-Audemer

France. Normandy. Pont-Audemer.
Crispy almond rolled biscuit filled with praline mousse and sealed at the ends with dark chocolate.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with black truffle

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Desserts

Strawberry shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : small dry cake topped with a layer of fruit, syrup, and whipped cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with orange sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with citrus

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

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Poultry

Chicken Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.

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Cheeses

Brie de Melun

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts

Red berry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cannelloni with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushromm risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with quince

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Veal

Veal chop with bolognaise sauce

Bolognese sauce : meat-based sauce with soffritto (the Italian version of a mirepoix) made from onion, celery, and carrot. The various meats are minced or finely chopped and slow-cooked.

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