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Meal families

Sea fish

Turbot with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb with new garlic

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano with balsamic vinegar

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Desserts

Red fruits in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Sauces

Cream sauce

Cream sauce : Bechamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Chicken with mushrooms and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Main meals

Tofailles

France. Grand-est. Vosges.
Dish cooked in a pot over a low heat (1h30 to 2h) made with onions, potatoes, slices of bacon or lardons and white wine with or without leek.
Served with a green salad.

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Beef

Rump steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pie

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Desserts

Paris-Brest

Ring-shaped pastry made of choux pastry and a praline flavoured cream with sliced almonds.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Peas

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