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Meal families

Poultry

Guinea fowl with orange

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

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb shank with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza pescatore

Pizza prepared with mussels and squid.

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Game birds

Thrushes cassolette with black olive

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Reblochon fermier

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese (Green label).

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Beef

Chili con carne

Beef meat and chili peppers with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato ...) and spices (garlic, cumin ...).

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Poultry

Coq au vin

Wine stewed chicken.

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Picante

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 9 months.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Freshwater fish

Gefilte fish

Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
Stuffed fish (with pike, hake… and served sliced) or large fish balls topped with a slice of carrot with a horseradish sauce.
Serve cold or warm.

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Desserts

Peach bavarian

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Cheeses

Bleu mont dairy bandaged Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 12 to 24 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop with braised endive

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Desserts

Lemon and mascarpone macaron

Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.

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Sauces

Albufera sauce

Supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Poultry

Sauteed turkey

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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