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Smoked sausage rougaille
Rougaille : very spicy sauce or paste made of chopped fruits or vegetables with crushed ginger, sliced onions, and chili peppers.
Served chilled with the Carry.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
White asparagus with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
Furred game
Haunch of venison with huntsman sauce
Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Peach turnover
Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, 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.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Red fruits in 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.
Cured Meats
Lyon-style andouillette
Cooked andouillette with onions, deglazed cooking juices with vinegar.
Served hot.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Braised endives
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Seafish
Sea bass with beurre blanc sauce, with shallots and fennel
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Vatrushka with lemon
Russia. Ukraine.
Brioche-style cake filled with cream cheese, sometimes flavored.
Cured Meats
Grilled andouillette with shallots skewers
Andouillette cooked with dry white wine, butter, and shallots.
Shellfish and Seafood
Cockles mariniere
Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.
Hot Starters
Spinach and ricotta quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.