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Meal families

Sea fish

Capon in a salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Sauces

Remoulade sauce

Remoulade sauce : mayonnaise with capers, gherkins and mixed herbs (parsley, chives, chervil and tarragon).

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Sauces

Garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood pasta

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Others

Snails in the Burgundy style

Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).

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Salads

Caprese salad

Tomato, mozzarella, and basil salad.

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Sea fish

Sea bream in salt crust with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Desserts

Red berry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Desserts

Canelé of Bordeaux

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Bordeaux.
Small cake from Bordeaux baked in a mold, originally made of copper, with a cylindrical shape and fluted edges, which gives it its name (from the Gascon word "canelat", meaning "gutter"). It has a soft and tender dough, flavored with rum and vanilla, and a thin, caramelized crust.

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Cheeses

Mature Clothbound Cheddar

United Kingdom. Devon.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Cherry sorbet

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Sea fish

Cod brandade with mashed potatoes

Brandade with mashed potatoes.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Blanquette of bay scallop blanquette with Noilly Prat

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.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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