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Meal families

Cheeses

Ameribella

United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-brown washed rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Poultry

Chicken bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver a l’anglaise

English-style : with bacon.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb sweetbreads with morel cream sauce

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

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Poultry

Braised duck with mushrooms

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cold starters

Salmon 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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Desserts

Panna cotta

Italy.
Dessert made by mixing heavy cream with egg whites and honey, cooked in a bain-marie.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken

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

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Desserts

Plum turnover

Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

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

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Offal and tripe

Abignades

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Chalosse.
Goose tripe cooked with the animal’s blood.
Served on toasted bread with goose fat.

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