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Meal families

Cold starters

Turkey meatloaf

Meatloaf : piece of meat, game, fish, poultry, boned, stuffed and rolled, cooked and tied up with string, cooked in casseroles or prepared in jelly.

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Sea fish

Herring with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Desserts

Twelfth night cake

Frangipane: almond based cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum mixed with pastry cream.

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Sea fish

Honey glazed salmon with lemon

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Spice ice cream

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with tuna

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Desserts

Chocolate bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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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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Beef

Grilled rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

Grayson

United States. Virginie.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a natural orange rind.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Morel mushroom quiche

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Sea fish

Turbot blanquette

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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes a la croque au sel

A la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, for example radishes.
In general, avoid serving wine with raw artichoke.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp tempura

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Desserts

Pomme d’amour

France.
Apple coated in a hard red caramel and held on the end of a stick.

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