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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Appetizers

Anchovy breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Cheeses

Gaperon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Allier.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind flavored with pepper and garlic.
Ancestor of Boursin cheese.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme 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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Desserts

White chocolate merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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Cooked meats

Prisuttu

Aged for 12 to 18 months.

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Desserts

Raspberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Poultry

Spatchcocked chicken with garlic and rosemary

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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Sauces

Black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Desserts

Victoria sponge

Genoise filled with whipped cream and red berries.

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Cheeses

Chaource

France. Grand est. Aube.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a bloomy rind.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Meat pie

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