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Meal families

Poultry

Guinea fowl in chartreuse with black truffle

Chartreuse : a dish cooked in a bain-marie, made of braised cabbage (or other vegetables) layered alternately with meat to create a contrast of colors.
Should be unmolded and served hot.

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Desserts

Apple dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Roquefort cheese pie

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Pork

Diots with lentils

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Poultry

Phat kaphrao kai

Thailand.
Stir-fried sliced chicken with basil and chili.

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Pork

Braised pork leg slice with potatoes

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

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Desserts

Walnut bavarian cream

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

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Desserts

Chocolate 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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Others

Lamb pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with thinly sliced lamb, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Main meals

Raclette

Melted cheese served with cold cuts, potatoes and vegetables.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon pancake

Galette : savory crepe.

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Desserts

Peach bourdaloue

Peach and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macarons.

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Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter : butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with porcini mushrooms and potatoes

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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