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Meal families

Desserts

Raspberry vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Young wild boar pie

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Poultry

Chicken 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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Sea fish

Normandy style sole fillets

Sole fillets in a fresh cream sauce with cider, mushrooms, shrimp, and mussels.

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Main meals

Lamb couscous

Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Main meals

Hochepot

France. Hauts-de-France.
Stew made with oxtail, lamb shoulder, salted pork belly, and vegetables.

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Sauces

Aïoli

Provençale sauce.
An emulsion made with garlic and olive oil, sometimes enriched with egg yolk or lemon juice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef dumplings with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Sauces

Lobster butter

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with white grapes

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Desserts

Gugelhupf

Brioche that contains raisins, almonds and Kirsch, sometimes also candied fruits and nuts.

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Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu

Blue : cooked in a vinegar-based court-bouillon.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster 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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Rabbit

Rabbit cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Desserts

Strawberries with mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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