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Meal families

Appetizers

Tapenade

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Desserts

Poire Belle-Hélène

Poached pears in syrup, served with vanilla ice cream, melted chocolate, and crystallized violets.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Beef

Rump steak with Colbert sauce

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

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Sauces

Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : reduction of white wine or Madeira with a blonde roux to which diced black truffles are added.

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Others

Sturio caviar

Caviar from Aquitaine.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken en vessie

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.

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Warm starters

Quenelles

Plain quenelle : durum wheat semolina or flour with butter, eggs, milk and/or water, and seasoning.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Pork

Diots with polenta

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Desserts

Tocino de cielo

Spain. Catalonia.
Dessert made with egg custard and caramel.

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