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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."
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Spaghetti bolognese
Bolognese sauce : meat-based sauce with soffritto (the Italian version of a mirepoix) made from onion, celery, and carrot. The various meats are minced or finely chopped and slow-cooked.
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Limburger
Germany. Netherlands. Limburg.
Soft cheese made from raw or pasteurized cow's milk with washed rind.
Cheeses
Ricotta
Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.
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Provençal aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
Anchovies, olives, peppers with tomato and Provençal herbs in jelly.
Desserts
Pineapple vacherin
Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.
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Tempura
Japan.
Tempura : frying batter made with flour, egg and ice water, in which all sorts of vegetables cut into slices or matchsticks, seafood or fish are dipped before frying in sesame oil.
Generally, tempura is dipped in a sauce (dashi, mirin, and soy sauce, flavored with condiments like grated ginger and daikon radish) and served with noodles or rice.
Desserts
Chocolate praline dome cake
Milk chocolate dome filled with praline mousse.
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Red pepper sauce
Red pepper sauce : sauce made with crème fraîche, olive oil, onion, and red bell pepper.
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Supreme of guinea-fowl with cream sauce
Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Gorgonzola quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
Beef
Beef estouffade
Estouffade : long cooking in liquid over low heat in a closed container.
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Scallop carpaccio with dill and basil
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Mallard salmis
Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.
> view pairingsVeal
Veal medallion with chanterelle
Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
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