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Meal families

Sauces

Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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Cheeses

Gran Canaria

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with an olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 2 years.

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Poultry

Coq au vin

Wine stewed chicken.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb with garlic cream

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Poultry

Pigeon with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Cheeses

Mature Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 9 to 12 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed flageolet beans

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Frangipane cake

Frangipane : almond-based cream mixed with pastry cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Penne with pesto

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops with sweet spices

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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Miscellaneous

Shish kebab

Mediterranean cuisine.
Skewersed grilled or roasted meat.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Seafish

Grilled sea bass with maitre d’hotel butter

Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

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Cheeses

Pigouille

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Brussels waffle

Rectangular waffle dusted with powdered sugar and served warm.
Can be topped with whipped cream, red berries, or chocolate spread.

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Miscellaneous

Chicken gyros

Gyros : greek-origin sandwich, derived from döner kebab, made with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce in pita bread.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with potato gratin and morels

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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