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Meal families

Cheeses

Mature Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 9 to 12 months.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch quenelles with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Seafish

Sole fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Seafish

Suquet de peix

Fish stew with garlic, potatoes and tomatoes.

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Feathered game

Roasted pheasant with Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : reduction of white wine or Madeira with a blonde roux to which diced black truffles are added.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pineapple vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sauces

Cumberland sauce

United Kingdom.
Cumberland sauce : sauce made from Port wine sauce with redcurrant jelly, mustard, orange zest and spices.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Salmon lasagna

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Sauces

Ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.

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Cheeses

Pérail de brebis

France. Occitania. Aveyron. Tarn.
Soft-ripened cheese made from sheep's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 to 3 weeks.

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Cheeses

Reblochon laitier

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk (Red label).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with vinaigrette

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Seafish

Golden sea bream in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with meat

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp nem

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.

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Feathered game

Roast young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Seafish

Poached darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière served cold

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Citrus dessert

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