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Meal families

Beef

Grilled beef with Colbert sauce

Colbert sauce : maitre d'hotel butter with gravy and tarragon.

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Poultry

Squab with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with béarnaise sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Beef

Boeuf à la mode

Meat slowly cooked in a pot over low heat with white wine, carrots, onion, and broth flavored with herbes de Provence.

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Others

Creamy garlic snails

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Cheeses

Olivet cendré

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Olivet.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a natural rind coated in charcoal ash.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Offal and tripe

Lyon-style gras-double

Gras-double : tripe cooked with onions.

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Desserts

Cherry scones

United Kingdom. Scotland.
Small sweet cake or loaf made with oat, wheat, or barley flour and leavening.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with coral sauce

Coral sauce : scallop coral blended with crème fraîche and spices.

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Cooked meats

Rillons

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Pork belly seared and confit in fat.

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Desserts

Red berry bayadere with mascarpone mousse

Bayadère : alternating stripes of different colours.

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Poultry

Bresse capon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with citrus

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Sea fish

Bordeaux style shad

Bordeaux or Bordelaise style : with shallots, parsley, and red wine.

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