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Meal families

Ice cream and sorbets

Cherry sorbet

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salmon pie

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Main meals

Fish couscous

Couscous : steamed wheat semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.

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Desserts

Mirlitons de Pont-Audemer

France. Normandy. Pont-Audemer.
Crispy almond rolled biscuit filled with praline mousse and sealed at the ends with dark chocolate.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach with a light white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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Poultry

Peking duck with sweet spices

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Cheeses

Saint-Félicien

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Hautes-Alpes. Dauphiné.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Veal

Braised veal chop

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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Sea fish

Turbot with hollandaise sauce

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

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Poultry

Roasted duckling with cherries

Duckling : young duck.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with goat cheese

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

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Cheeses

Marieke aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange waxed rind.
Matured : 9-12 months.

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Game birds

Young partridge with porcini mushrooms

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Cheeses

Pavé du Quercy

France. Occitania. Quercy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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Desserts

Vanilla religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Eggs

Eggs in snow

Egg whites shaped with a spoon and poached in simmering milk or very hot water, accompanied by crème anglaise and generally topped with caramel.

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Veal

Grilled veal tendron

Tendron : french butcher's cut from the veal breast containing cartilage and layers of fat and meat.

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