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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Strawberry pastilla
Phyllo pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream, garnished with strawberries and powdered sugar.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Acadian tourtière
Canada. Quebec.
A pie made with at least 50% cubed pork meat, flavored with cinnamon and cloves.
The meat can be accompanied by other meats (beef, turkey, game…), celery, bacon, onion, potatoes…
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream
Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.
Seafish
Cotriade
Breton fish stew (kaoteriad contents of a pot) made with different kinds of fish and potatoes served with a broth.
This dish can be accompanied by herbs, shellfish, and vegetables.
Poultry
Orange glazed duck
To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Roast duck with orange sauce.
Sauces
Charcutiere sauce
Charcutière sauce : reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar deglazed with demi-glace (a rich brown stock-based sauce), finished with mustard and julienned pickles.
Cheeses
Caillebotte
France. Brittany. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country. Poitou-Charentes. Pays de la Loire.
Cow's milk curdled with rennet.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Candied pineapple sable and fresh coriander
Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).
Rabbit
Braised rabbit
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Cod croquettes with tomato sauce
Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.
Beef
Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.
Sheep and Goats
Leg of lamb en croûte
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Poultry
Chicken with morel and cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Fruit tabbouleh
ruits : citrus fruits, mango and apple sweetened with orange blossom honey.