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Main meals

Jambalaya

United States. Louisiana. New Orleans.
A type of paella with seafood, fish or meat, made from rice and very spicy.

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Cooked meats

Roasted andouille from Guéméné with apple compote and white wine sauce

Andouille : pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
Served hot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and pork crépinettes

Oysters with sausage meat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cream of asparagus with morels

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Ice cream and sorbets

Pear sorbet

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Game birds

Provencal quail skewers

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled crab

Crab cooked in a broth.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive with ham in papillote

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Beef

Bordeaux style rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Cheeses

Old Gouda

Netherlands.
Semi-soft whole cow's milk.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Desserts

Savarin with raspberry

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Sea fish

Braised monkfish with curry sauce

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Cheeses

Bleu des Causses

France. South of Massif Central. Causses.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.

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