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Meal families

Poultry

Roasted duckling with Rouen sauce

Duckling : young duck.
Rouen sauce : cider or full-bodied red wine reduced with shallots sweated in butter, combined with brown veal stock, parsley, salt, and pepper, and thickened with a purée of chicken liver.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Chowder

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente. Vendée.
Fish soup that can be served with potatoes or on slices of bread (toasted or not).

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Cheeses

Le Trou du Cru

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte d'Or.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch fillets with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Cold starters

Langoustine cocktail

Langoustine salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Seafish

Sole fillets with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Beef

Roasted beef tenderloin with porcini mushroom sauce

Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate and orange marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mango cheesecake

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Main courses

Tuna sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose neck Strasbourg-style

Goose neck stuffed with pork and veal meat, with Cognac, cream and black truffle.
Served hot.

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Cheeses

Serra da Estrela amanteigado

Portugal. Serra da Estrela.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle, with a pale yellow rind.

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Cured Meats

Woodstock pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads

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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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Frog legs velouté

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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