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Meal families

Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Parmesan breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Pork

Braised pork leg slice with potatoes

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouée with mojette beans

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Mojette beans : white beans from Vendée.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Banana, raisin and rum 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

Supreme of fattened chicken

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

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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb à la boulangère

Boulangere : studded with garlic cloves.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière served cold

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Poultry

Poached chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare

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

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