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Meal families

Sea fish

Roasted John Dory with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Consommé and Soup

Borscht

Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).

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Sea fish

Marinated herring dieppoise

Herring poached in a marinade of white wine and vinegar with carrot, celery, and onion, then seasoned with salt, pepper, and flavored with bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam chowder

Clam soup with potatoes and onions in broth.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop and grapefruit 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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Sea fish

Sole with lemon butter sauce

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Main meals

Paella

Long saffron rice with olive oil accompanied by vegetables, meat and/or fish and shellfish cooked in a utensil called Paella.

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Game birds

Thrushes cassolette with black olive

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with bone marrow

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Game animals

Venison fillet with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Main meals

Young wild boar daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Sea fish

Marinated anchovies

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Arcachon oysters

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Pork

Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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