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Meal families

Poultry

Guinea fowl with sweet spices

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.

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Desserts

Maltese strawberries

Strawberries served with orange juice and Cointreau.

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Cheeses

Boursin

France.
Fresh pasteurized cow's milk cheese flavored with garlic and herbs.

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Desserts

Apple, walnut and raisin crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Sea fish

Blanquette of monkfish

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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Poultry

Sautéed squab with porcini mushroom cream sauce

Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.

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Sauces

Brown sauce

Brown sauce : reduced brown stock and tomato concentrate or brown roux with added butter, onion and bacon, flavored with bouquet garni.

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Cheeses

Mont Saint-Francis

United States. Indiana.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat's milk with a beer-washed rind (Imperial stout) yellow in color.
Ripening : 3 to 5 months.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine Extra

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : over 6 months.

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Cheeses

Bayley hazen blue

United States. Vermont.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Risotto

Reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with morel sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster à l’américaine

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."

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with tuna

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Poultry

Blanquette of chicken

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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