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Meal families

Main meals

Chicken tajine with curry

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Desserts

Frozen zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles and bay scallop cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Amablu

United States. Minnesota.
Raw cow’s milk blue cheese, pressed but uncooked.
Ripening : 75 days.

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Veal

Veal medallion with porcini mushrooms

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fouras mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish made with Bouchot mussels, garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or alternatively, a dry white wine from Charente or Cognac, depending on the recipe).

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Main meals

Nigirizushi

Vinegared rice hand-pressed and topped with an ingredient (raw or cooked fish, seafood, vegetables, etc.), usually served with wasabi.

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Beef

Boeuf à la mode

Meat slowly cooked in a pot over low heat with white wine, carrots, onion, and broth flavored with herbes de Provence.

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Desserts

Blackberry crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.
Served hot.

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Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Cod ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Poultry

Chicken with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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