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Meal families

Desserts

Apricot marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pigeon pie

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed zucchini

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Desserts

Rose des sables with chocolate milk

Rose des sables : cornflakes covered in chocolate.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Cheeses

Chaource

France. Grand est. Aube.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a bloomy rind.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with financiere sauce

Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.

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Sea fish

Steamed sea bass with black truffle

Steam or stew : Steaming in a container closed by a lid.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted oysters

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Pork

Sweet and sour pork ribs

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Freshwater fish

Eel with lemon butter

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pissaladiere

Bread dough topped with onions (caramelized or puréed), olives, garlic and anchovies.

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Desserts

Mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavored buttercream.

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Cold starters

Crab aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Poultry

Lemon chicken

Piece of chicken marinated in lemon before cooking.

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