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Meal families

Sauces

Béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed zucchini

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry gratin

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Eggs

Aumale scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.

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Cheeses

Port Salut

France. Pays de la Loire. Mayenne.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Coffee charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Pork

Welsh rarebit

United Kingdom. Wales.
Dish made with Cheddar, amber or brown beer on a slice of bread and ham, served with fries and salad.

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Miscellaneous

Shashlik

Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan…
Meat skewers (leg of lamb, sometimes beef or pork), aged and marinated in a flavored vinaigrette.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed chanterelles

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Seafish

Roasted turbot with black truffles and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with thyme

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Seafish

Grilled turbot with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Braised leg of lamb with herbs

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive gratin

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Poirat du Berry

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Pear pie lightly scented with spices (innamon, clove, pepper).

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