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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Cheeses

Kachkéis

Luxembourg.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Main courses

Gratin savoyard

Dish without cream or milk, made of potatoes cooked in beef broth and gratinated with a regional hard cheese such as Beaufort, Emmental, or Gruyère.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple bonne femme

Baked apples on slices of bread with caramel.

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Cured Meats

Andouille de Vire with cider sauce

Andouille : pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Cider sauce : cider, butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and white wine.
Served hot.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Praline Napoléon cake

Russia.
Variety of praline mille-feuille.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes and hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Garlic bread

Bread filled with butter and garlic.

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Hot Starters

Goat cheese raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with herbs

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Cheeses

Harbison

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Meringue

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Veal

Braised veal shank

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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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with garlic and thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Casse-museau

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Goat cheese log baked with butter and flour.
Served warm, not hot.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Orange givrée

Orange sorbet served in an orange.

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Seafish

Steamed John Dory with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Miscellaneous

Jambon-beurre

France.
Ham sandwich made with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise, spread with butter (with or without salt) and filled with slices of ham, often pickles.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters a l’américaine

Oysters dipped in batter, then in breadcrumbs, and fried in lard.
Served hot.

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Main courses

Pike-perch matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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