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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate and red berries 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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Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Blanquette of chicken

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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Main meals

Sea tartiflette

Dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese, and seafood and/or fish, gratinated with cheese.

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Warm starters

Salmon puff pastry with a julienne of vegetables

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière served cold

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Desserts

Blueberry pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Stuffed with sour cream, sugar, and blueberry.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate fondue

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Beef

Beef cheek daube with red wine and braised endives

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tomato tart

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Cheeses

Claquebitou

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fresh cheese made from goat's milk.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood carpaccio

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

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Ice cream and sorbets

Quince ice cream

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Cheeses

Tomme de Courchevel

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Praslin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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