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Club sandwich
Triple-decker toasted sandwich, often cut into quarters or halves and held together with a toothpick, made with turkey or chicken breast, crispy bacon, lettuce leaves, tomato slices, and mayonnaise.
Eggs
Eggs Benedict
Two halves of a toasted English muffin topped with fried bacon, a poached egg, and Hollandaise sauce.
Furred game
Venison fillet with poivrade sauce
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.
Shellfish and Seafood
Scallop tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Green asparagus quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Walnut ricotta
Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.
Shellfish and Seafood
Marinated bay scallops in lemon
Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.
Seafish
Pavé of salmon with morel cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
Pork
Marinated confit pork belly with sweet spices and olive oil
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Chestnut macarons
Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.
Consommés, Broths and Soups
Goulash
Hungary.
Stew or soup of meat and vegetables seasoned with paprika and other spices.
Sauces
Americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."