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Meal families

Beef

Orange beef

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Sea fish

Cod with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Kiwi pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Cooked meats

Grilled andouille

Andouille : pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.

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Freshwater fish

Trout aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Beef

Beef Wellington

Beef fillet in puff pastry with spices such as curry or ginger.

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Desserts

Fontainebleau

Dessert made with fresh cow's milk cheese and whipped cream.

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Sea fish

Blanquette of turbot

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Prawn risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Game animals

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.

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Desserts

Lemon charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Main meals

Fish with meurette sauce

Meurette sauce : based on red wine with bacon and onion compote.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant tian

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Cheeses

Epoisses

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.

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Sea fish

Monkfish tail with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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