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Meal families

Game birds

Young partridge with porcini mushrooms

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Desserts

Peach cobbler

United Kingdom. United States.
Cobbler : a dessert consisting of a fruit filling poured into a baking dish and covered with a crust.
In the Southern United States, the cobbler has both a top and bottom crust.

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Appetizers

Cade

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Var.
Thick galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with greeen peppercorn sauce

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
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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Sea fish

Sole bonne femme

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

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Poultry

Steamed chicken supreme stuffed with herbs

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

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Poultry

Duck manchon confit

Duck wing drumette : upper part of the duck wing.

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Main meals

Spicy fondue

Fondue made with Gruyère, red and green bell peppers, and chili pepper.

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Sauces

Melted butter sauce

Melted butter sauce : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Beef

Maultaschen

Germany. Baden-Württemberg.
Ravioli stuffed with meat, pan-fried until golden then poached in broth.
Served with a green salad.

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Appetizers

Prawn ring

Ring : arranged in a circle.

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Pork

Catalan pork cheek

Pork cheek stewed with a slice of ham, garlic and Seville orange peel.
Sauce based white wine, veal stock and Seville orange juice.

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Sea fish

Halibut crudo

Italy.
Crudo : a raw fish or seafood dish, usually simply seasoned with a mix of citrus (lime, lemon, grapefruit…) and olive oil, salt, citrus juice (lemon, lime), and vinegar.

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