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Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish with cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
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Hachis parmentier
Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.
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Grilled rib steak with peppercorn sauce
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.
Main meals
Tablier de sapeur with tartare sauce
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.
Dish usually served with steamed potatoes.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bay scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Apple and walnut 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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Roman-style saltimbocca
Saltimbocca : thinly sliced veal escalope layered with prosciutto crudo and sage leaf, secured with a toothpick and cooked in butter with white wine added at the end.
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Braised salmon
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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Caillebotte
France. Brittany. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country. Poitou-Charentes. Pays de la Loire.
Cow's milk curdled with rennet.
Cheeses
Pierre Robert
France. Île de France. Seine-et-Marne. Tournan-en-Brie.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Desserts
Vatrushka with raisins
Russia. Ukraine.
Brioche-style cake filled with cream cheese, sometimes flavored.
Shellfish and Seafood
Squid a la nicoise
Squid cut into thin slices and baked with tomato sauce and herbes de Provence.
Served with potatoes or rice.
Cheeses
Ossau-Iraty
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.
Cheeses
Brin d’Amour
France. Corsica.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind coated with aromatic herbs, juniper berries, and small chili peppers.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.
Offal and tripe
Sautéed veal kidney with vin jaune sauce
Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.
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Fish quenelles with Nantua sauce
Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.
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Provençal-style octopus
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.
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