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Appetizers
Lobster summer roll
Vietnam.
Summer roll : shrimp, vegetables, or beef or pork wrapped in raw rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.
Shellfish and Seafood
Blanquette of bay scallop blanquette with Noilly Prat
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.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.
Sea fish
Coulibiac
Russia.
Puff pastry filled with sea bass and salmon mixed with mushrooms, hard-boiled egg, onion and dill.
Desserts
Peach trifle
Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.
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Quart
France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks minimum.
Poultry
Supreme of fattened chicken with cream sauce
Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Cooked meats
Grenier médocain
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Médoc.
Andouille made from pork stomachs, intestines, and strips of ham, cooked in a garlicky, spiced vegetable broth.
Main meals
Chicken tajine with lemon confit and olives
Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.
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Spit-roasted leg of lamb
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Beef
Roasted rib steak with red wine sauce
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Stuffed eggplants
Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.
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Lobster a la nage
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
> view pairingsOffal and tripe
Lamb’s brain with brown butter
Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.
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Croque-madame with bechamel sauce
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Potato croquettes with duck confit
Croquette with chopped duck confit and mashed potatoes or white sauce.
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