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Meal families

Sauces

Salmi sauce

Salmi sauce : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Veal

Rack of veal with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pork

Welsh rarebit

United Kingdom. Wales.
Dish based on cheddar cheese, amber or dark beer on a slice of bread and ham with french fries and salad.

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Sauces

Parsley sauce

Parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Sauces

Madeira sauce

Demi-glace (brown stock reduced) with Madeira.

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Desserts

Pear marquise

Frozen pear dessert.

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Beef

Braised beef cheek

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

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Cooked meats

Figatellu

Fresh sausage composed mainly of meat and pork liver with garlic.

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Cold starters

Spiny lobster with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Desserts

Lemon charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.

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Veal

Axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Extra

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Black label.

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