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Sablé with salted butter and cherry jam
Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).
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Roasted rack of lamb 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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Beef daube with green olives
Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.
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French king cake
Round brioche with candied fruit flavored with orange blossom.
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Trout fillets Gravlax
Gravlax : fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices, and herbs, cured with salt and sugar, served with a mustard sauce.
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Grilled steak with marchand de vin butter
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.
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Floating island
Beaten egg whites baked in a mold, in the oven and in a bain-marie, accompanied by crème anglaise.
Generally topped with caramel.
Shellfish and Seafood
Clams with mariniere sauce
Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.
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Chocolate macarons
Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.
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Lincoln log
United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.
Shellfish and Seafood
Langoustines a la nage
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
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Quadrello di Bufala
Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized buffalo milk with a pale pink to oatmeal washed rind.
Cold starters
Langoustines with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
> view pairingsOffal and tripe
Braised veal sweetbreads with spices
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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Ardrahan
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4 weeks.


