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Meal families

Sauces

Herb butter

Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette de Cambrai

Andouillette with veal ruffle.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Ginger prawn

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White Asparagus with maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : Hollandaise sauce flavored with blood orange juice and blanched orange zest.

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Cheeses

Tomme des Pyrénées

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrenees-Atlantique. France. Occitania. Ariège. Aude. Haute-Garonne. Hautes-Pyrénées. Pyrénées-Orientales.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk made from sheep's, goat’s and/or cow’s milk often coated with a black or golden paraffin rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Provençal Bay scallops

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Eggs

Eggs mimosa

Hard-boiled egg with the yolk partially mixed with mayonnaise and herbs, then placed back into the white, with the remaining yolk crumbled on top (like mimosa).

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Sauces

Bolognese 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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Sea fish

Skate with black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Sauces

Porcini mushroom cream sauce

Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with porcini mushrooms

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with pineapple

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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