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Meal families

Cheeses

Blarney Castle

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Seafish

Turbot with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Lobster gazpacho

Gaspacho : soup made from blended raw vegetables and served cold.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Coffee éclair

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Seafish

Marinated anchovies

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with duck foie gras

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Furred game

Roasted venison with sauce poivrade

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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Seafish

Blanquette of monkfish

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Framboisier and vanilla cake

Framboisier cake : cake made with raspberries, sponge cake and cream.

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Veal

Veal tartare

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fruit 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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Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with a natural tan to orange-brown colored rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Cold starters

Zakuski

Russia.
Various appetizers served with the aperitif (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol pickles, salads…).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid in american 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."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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Main courses

Chicken tajine with apricot

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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