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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Touraine.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Desserts

Dacquoise

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake made of layers of almond and hazelnut meringue (sometimes added with coconut or pistachio) and whipped cream or buttercream topped with icing sugar.
Serve cold.

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Cheeses

Délice de Bourgogne

France. Burgundy. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Cheeses

Montasio

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with brushed rind (Fresco: matured up to 2 months; Mezzano from 5-10 months; Stagionata more than 10 months).

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with chocolate sauce

Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallots, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.

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Desserts

Poire Belle-Hélène

Pears poached in sugar syrup and served with vanilla ice cream, melted chocolate and crystallized violets.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fish sauerkraut

Sauerkraut with haddock, monkfish and salmon.

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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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Desserts

Far Breton

France. Brittany.
Dessert made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.

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Desserts

Financier

Rectangular cake made from butter, ground almonds and egg whites.

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Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream a l’unilateral with spices

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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