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Frog legs provençal
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.
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Fish quenelles 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."
Sea fish
Golden sea bream in salt crust
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
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Langoustine carpaccio
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Scallops and persillade sauce
Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Imam bayildi
Turkey.
Braised eggplants stuffed with garlic, onion, tomato in olive oil and simmered in the oven.
Served with rice.
Cold starters
Porcini carpaccio
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Mascarpone
Italy. Lombardy. Lodi.
Fresh cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk with very high fat content, coagulated by adding lemon juice or white vinegar.
This is the equivalent of the cream in Italian cuisine.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Touraine-style quiche
Quiche made with shortcrust pastry filled with a mixture of eggs, cream, Rillettes de Tours, and rillons.
Rillons : pieces of pork slowly cooked in their own fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices, and sometimes garlic, parsley, or vinegar.
Warm starters
Quenelles
Plain quenelle : durum wheat semolina or flour with butter, eggs, milk and/or water, and seasoning.
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Braised oxtail
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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