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Meal families

Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter: butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Desserts

Flan

Flan : beaten eggs with milk and flour, baked.

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Beef

Bordeaux style beef tenderloin

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Beef

Grilled steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Roquefort pie

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Shellfish and Seafood

Saintonge mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish with bouchot mussels and garlic, bouquet garni, Charentes butter, cream, saffron, shallots, egg yolks and Pineau des Charentes (or dry white wine of Charentes or Cognac).

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Sheep and Goats

Braised shoulder of lamb

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet with tapenade and mashed potato with olive oil

Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Veal

Blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Dauphin

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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