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Meal families

Desserts

Fruit zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream a la provencale

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked yellow bell pepper

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Cheeses

La Bouille

France. Upper Normandy. Seine-Maritime. La Bouille.
Soft-ripened double cream cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Desserts

Apricot marquise

Frozen apricot dessert.

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Cheeses

Brabander

Netherlands. North Holland.
Hard pasteurized goat’s milk cheese wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

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Cheeses

Ashy goat cheese

Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Sea fish

Pickled mackerel fillets in lime

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Guacamole with lobster

Guacamole : dip made by mashing ripe avocados and fresh cilantro, lime juice, onions, fresh peppers, tomatoes and salt.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Main meals

Basque piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Culinary specialty based on green and red peppers, chilli pepper, onions and tomatoes, served with eggs, meat or fish.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with americaine sauce

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Sea fish

Turbot fillets in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads cassolette with mustard

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Others

Yakitori

Skewers with beef, mushrooms, quail wings and eggs, pork with cheese, chicken, etc, served with salt or teriyaki sauce.

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