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Meal families

Beef

Braised rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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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Sauces

Mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Coffee and chocolate marquise

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

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Feathered game

Larded quail

To lard : to insert small pieces of bacon or cured ham into meat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Farcis

A hot or cold dish made from hollowed-out vegetables (tomatoes, zucchinis, onions, artichokes, bell peppers, cabbages, eggplants…) stuffed with a filling made of ground meat or sausage meat, mixed with breadcrumbs and herbs.

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Cheeses

Fribourg

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Seafish

Cod with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate and morello cherry shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : small dry cake topped with a layer of fruit, syrup, and whipped cream.

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Offal and tripe

Bordeaux style tricandilles

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.

Specialty made from pork tripe, sliced and blanched in a court-bouillon, then grilled and enhanced with garlic and a touch of fresh pepper.

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Seafish

Turbot fillets with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French-style peas

Peas cooked with butter, onions, salad and herbs.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Pizza quattro formaggi

Pizza made with a combination of four types of melted cheese. Traditionally, the cheeses include mozzarella, gorgonzola, Grana Padano, Parmesan, Pecorino, Provolone, ricotta, scarmorza, and others.

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Poultry

Supreme of guinea-fowl

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with vinaigrette and fresh cream sauce

Cream vinaigrette : fresh cream, vinegar, pepper.

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Hot Starters

Seafood vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with cockles

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Hot Starters

Quenelles with Nantua sauce

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Oreillettes

France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Variety of fritter with thin and crispy batter often flavored with orange blossom water and dusted with powdered sugar.

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