Pork
Roast pork with duchess potatoes
Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.
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Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.
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Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.
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Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
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Bretonne sauce : garlic and onion reduction with white wine added with fresh tomato and reduced.
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Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.
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Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.
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White sauce with fresh cream and egg yolks seasoned with lemon juice and added with capers.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.
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New Zealand. Taranaki.
Semi-soft blue-veined triple cream pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.
Beef
Estouffade : cooked slowly with very little liquid in a closed container.
> view pairingsCold starters
Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
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Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
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Chartreuse : dish cooked in a water bath consisting of cabbage (or other vegetables) braised arranged alternately layered with a meat to alternate colors.
Should be unmolded and served hot.
Warm starters
Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.
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Marengo : cooked in a casserole dish with mushrooms, onion, tomato with white wine.
> view pairingsShellfish and Seafood
Oysters dipped in batter, then in breadcrumbs and fried in lard.
Served hot.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.
> view pairingsMain meals
Cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits.
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