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Meal families

Main courses

Koftas

Meatballs made from meat (half beef, half lamb) mixed with spices and/or onions and fried in oil.

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Sauces

Cocktail sauce

Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Eggs

Quail eggs with green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Beef

Grilled beef tournedos

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Caramel and mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Leek pie

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Sponge cake

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Nougat flan

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouace angevine

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Warm round loaf filled with pork rillettes.

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Poultry

Aiguillette of guinea fowl with poivrade sauce

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Stuffed crepe

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Rhubarb sablé

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles

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