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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Dog cockle with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Salads

Tuna Nicoise salad

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Crudités salad with tuna, hard-boiled eggs and olive oil.
Do not serve fine wine.

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Poultry

Blanquette of turkey with almonds

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Beef

Frikandel

Minced beef with breadcrumbs, eggs and onion cooked in a round patty shape and served with a spicy sauce.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawns

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Game birds

Wood pigeon salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon pizza

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables and herb butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Main meals

Mushroom and cabbage pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Served hot or cold.

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Pork

Moo shu pork

Northern China.
Sliced pork mixed with small pieces of omelette, wheat noodles, onions, toasted sesame seeds, and optionally black mushrooms and bamboo shoots, seasoned with peanut oil.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beetroot tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Poultry

Squab with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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