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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Calf’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Coffee and chocolate marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Cheeses

Extra aged Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : over 24 months.

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Pork

Roast suckling pig

Suckling pig : 4 to 6 weeks, weighing between 6 and 12 kg.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dolma

Grape leaves or vegetables (eggplant, cabbage, zucchini, bell pepper, tomato, etc) stuffed with spices, onion, rice and sometimes ground meat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Crème brûlée

Caramel pudding with crunchy caramel topping under an iron broiler or with a flame.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach bourdaloue

Peach and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macarons.

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Beef

Grilled Chateaubriand

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp tempura

Tempura : japanese speciality. Fritter of seafood or vegetables.

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Cured Meats

Country style terrine

Pâté made with coarsely chopped ingredients such as pork, flavored with herbs and spices, and cooked in a terracotta dish.
Served cold or at room temperature.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops breton style

Breton style : crème fraîche, shallots, onion, parsley, white wine topped with breadcrumbs.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Alsatian-style apple tart

Alsatian-style : tart with a cream made from eggs, kirsch, milk, sugar, and flour.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid in american sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple compote

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Seafish

Stuffed salmon with vegetables

Stuffing with vegetables and shellfish.
Served cold.

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Seafish

Marinated anchovies

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Arcachon gravettes prepared Bordelaise-style

Gravette : Arcachon bay oyster.
Bordeaux style : with small sausages or warm crépinettes.

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