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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Green asparagus risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
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Pineapple sable
Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).
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Beef tenderloin with bordelaise sauce
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.
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Gubbeen
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a white to orange washed rind.
Sea fish
Cotriade
Breton fish stew (kaoteriad contents of a pot) made with different kinds of fish and potatoes served with a broth.
This dish can be accompanied by herbs, shellfish, and vegetables.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted leg of lamb with thyme and black olives
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Main meals
Chicken colombo
France. French Guiana.
Colombo : highly aromatic stew prepared with a marinade of spice blend (garlic, lime, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, bay leaf, chili pepper, black pepper, thyme) and then sautéed in oil with various vegetables (eggplant, plantain, carrots, green beans, potatoes, or very often rice) and tropical fruits.
Sea fish
Turbot fillets with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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Salmon tartare with citrus
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
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Spiny lobster Thermidor
Spiny lobster meat with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallot, fish stock and mustard that can be gratinéed.
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Apple, walnut and raisin 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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Pâté de campagne with black pepper
Pâté made with coarsely chopped ingredients such as pork, flavored with herbs and spices, and cooked in a terracotta dish.
Served cold or at room temperature.
Offal and tripe
Merguez frites
Merguez : sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with seasonings (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili…).
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Veal medallion with morels
Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
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Pike quenelles with Mornay sauce
Mornay sauce : béchamel sauce with grated cheese.
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Dôme du Poitou cendré
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and bloomy rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.