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Meal families

Pork

Braised pork leg slice with potatoes

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster claws in americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Cheeses

Checy

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef cannelloni

Minced beef or pork hash.

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Shellfish and Seafood

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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Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Scallop tart

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with port wine sauce

Port wine sauce : a demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock) enriched with Port wine.

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Desserts

Poached peaches in white wine

Peaches cooked in wine syrup with toasted almonds.

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Desserts

Cherry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Desserts

Pineapple zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Sauces

Herb butter

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini flan

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