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Vitello tonnato
Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Veal carpaccio with tuna, lemon mayonnaise, capers, and anchovy fillets.
Poultry
Roasted squab with black truffle juice
Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.
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Lamb and beef pita
Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat (lamb, beef), hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).
Sea fish
Sea bass ceviche
Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).
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Tuna carpaccio
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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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.
Sea fish
Grilled red mullet with tapenade and mashed potato with olive oil
Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.
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Bordeaux style rib steak
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.
Cheeses
Chaource
France. Grand est. Aube.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a bloomy rind.
Beef
Tournedos Rossini and mashed potato with black truffle
Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.
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Pear ambassadeur
Sponge cake soaked in Grand Marnier (sometimes Kirsch), layered with pastry cream filled with pear, and topped with a layer of marzipan (typically green).
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Rib steak with bourguignonne sauce
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bourguignonne sauce : partial reduction of shallot or onion and red wine with a bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf) bound with a veal stock or a Spanish sauce.
Sea fish
Agde-style bourride
Bourride : fish stew stewed together with a brunoise of vegetables served with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.
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Pike-perch quenelles with Nantua sauce
Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.
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Braised scallops
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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