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Meal families

Veal

Veal stew Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with thyme

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with a lemon sauce

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Sea fish

Brill with dieppoise sauce

Dieppoise sauce : A Normandy-style sauce (béchamel with added fresh cream) enriched with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with meunière sauce

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Steamed white asparagus

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Sea fish

Fresh anchovies marinated in lime

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with figs

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb shank with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Desserts

Kouign amann

France. Brittany. Finistère. Douarnenez.
Crispy cake made with bread dough containing butter and sugar, folded in layers, like puff pastry but with fewer layers.
Served warm or hot.

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Desserts

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Poultry

Sauteed turkey with chasseur sauce

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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Sauces

Mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Stichelton

United Kingdom. Nottinghamshire.
Blue cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Fruit sorbet

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Desserts

Dark chocolate mousse

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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