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Meal families

Sea fish

Sole fillets with Dieppe sauce

Dieppe sauce : Normandy sauce (Bechamel with added cream) with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Desserts

Fontainebleau

Dessert made with fromage frais and whipped cream.

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Cold starters

Cervelle de canut

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Lyon.
Cottage cheese beaten with cream and seasoned with chopped herbs (chive, shallot, parsley).
Usually served with toast, boiled potatoes or to season a salad.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with port wine sauce

Port wine sauce : demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock) with Port added.

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Cheeses

Fuzzy wheel

United States. Vermont.
Raw cow and goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.

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Sea fish

Grilled sole with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Consommé and Soup

Chicken chorba

Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, chicken, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.

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Cheeses

Cabecou

France. Midi-Pyrénées.
Soft-ripened unpasteurized goat's milk cheese with a mouldy rind.

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Game animals

Venison fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Desserts

Apricot and almond pastilla

Filo coated with honey, almond and pistachio and covered with custard and topped with apricot and icing sugar.

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