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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Praline mille-feuille
Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.
Cheeses
Brie de Meaux
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Shellfish and Seafood
Fouras mouclade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish made with Bouchot mussels, garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or alternatively, a dry white wine from Charente or Cognac, depending on the recipe).
Eggs
Eggs Benedict
Two halves of a toasted English muffin topped with fried bacon, a poached egg, and Hollandaise sauce.
Seafish
Sea bream tartare with lime
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted leg of lamb with spring vegetables
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Tiramisu
Italy. Veneto.
A specialty made of Italian biscuits (Savoiardi) layered and soaked in coffee, with a mixture of whipped eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa.
Tiramisu literally means "Pull me up" (towards gastronomic bliss).
Veal
Roasted rack of veal with spring vegetables
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Artichokes and hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.
Seafish
Turbot with orange sauce
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.
Beef
Grilled hanger steak with marchand de vin butter
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.
Veal
Axoa
Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Biscuits roses de Reims charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.