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Meal families

Sauces

Colbert sauce

Colbert sauce : maitre d'hotel butter with gravy and tarragon.

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Poultry

Chicken with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with smoked bacon

Trout served with smoked bacon bits and seasoned with persillade (a mixture of parsley and garlic).

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Beef

Beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Pork

Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Cheeses

Saint-Winoc

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole raw cow's milk with a blond ale-washed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 6 weeks.

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Main meals

Cassoulet of Toulouse

Cassoulet made with white beans, goose confit, Toulouse sausage, pork, lamb, carrots, onions and tomatoes.

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Sea fish

John Dory with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted kid goat with parsley butter

Garlic and parsley butter : butter, garlic and parsley mixed.

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Desserts

Chestnut macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Consommé and Soup

Frog legs soup

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haute-Saône. Jura. Territoire de Belfort.
Vegetable broth with frog legs.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine Réserve

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Stolwijker kaas

Netherlands. South Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant caviar

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Main meals

Tartiflette with Munster

Tartiflette : gratin dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese and bacon bits, baked with cheese.

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Cheeses

Ada’s Honor

United States. Maine.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette in a gingerbread crust

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

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