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Shellfish and Seafood
Brasucade
France. Occitania. Languedoc-Roussillon.
Wood-fired cooking of mussels in a large pan before being drizzled with a marinade.
Desserts
Merveilles
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Italy. Aosta Valley. Switzerland. Romandy.
Variety of fritter with thin and crispy batter often flavored with orange blossom water and Armagnac and covered with sugar or honey.
Salads
Caux-style salad
Potato-based salad with diced ham, chervil, watercress, and a cream and cider vinegar dressing.
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Oysters with zabaione
Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.
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Spicy gumbo
United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.
Game animals
Venison fillet with poivrade sauce
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.
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Crayfish with cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
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Duck a l’orange with spices
A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.
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Grilled beef with spring vegetables
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
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Gorgonzola piccante
Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Poultry
Duck aiguillette with red wine sauce
Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.
Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish a la nage with beurre blanc sauce
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Sauces
Winegrower sauce
Vigneronne sauce : red wine reduction with shallots and butter.
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Mango bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.
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Chocolate croquembouche
Chocolate-covered profiteroles with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream.
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Vacherin fribourgeois Rustic
Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 12 weeks minimum to 20-25 weeks.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Bacon quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.