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Consommé and Soup
Borscht
Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).
Main meals
Langoustine sushi
Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.
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Le bleu 1924
France.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Beef
Charolais beef pavé with peppercorn sauce
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut : finely shredded cabbage, finely chopped and fermented in brine.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Zucchini gratin
Pairs well with grilled shellfish, fish, or white or red meat.
Served cold, warm or hot.
Game birds
Young partridge salmis
Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.
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Pièce montée
Traditional large dessert served at communions, weddings, or festive meals.
Generally features an architectural shape and significant ornamentation.
Veal
Veal medallion with porcini mushrooms
Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
> view pairingsCold starters
Pike mousse with Nantua sauce
Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.
> view pairingsSheep and Goats
Grilled lamb 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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Spring rolls
Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.
Poultry
Chicken with cream sauce and mushrooms
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
> view pairingsConsommé and Soup
Zurrukutuna
Basque Country.
Soup made with cod, peppers and garlic.
Offal and tripe
Lamb’s brain with black butter
Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).
> view pairingsSauces
Beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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