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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cumin-spiced roasted carrots

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice added, and optionally pepper or chili.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Strawberry tart

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops with white wine and mousseline spinach

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles

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Furred game

Bordeaux style wild boar

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Main courses

Cabbage potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Poultry

Danish roast goose

Roast goose stuffed with onion, apple and prunes.

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Cheeses

Gougères with Chaource

Gougères stuffed with Chaource cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Patatas bravas

Spain.
specialty of potatoes cut into cubes about two centimeters in size, then fried in oil with garlic and served hot with aioli (Catalonia) or a spicy tomato sauce.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Iced nougatine parfait

Parfait : frozen dessert made with heavy cream, eggs, and a flavoring (alcohol, fresh or dried fruit purée, chocolate, vanilla, etc.).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Eton mess

United Kingdom.
Dessert made with strawberries, meringue, and cream.

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Beef

Bordeaux style grilled entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Beef

Roast beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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