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Meal families

Cooked meats

Andouillette with pommes Pont-Neuf potatoes

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Cheeses

Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert

United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk, and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks minimum.

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Cheeses

Pavé correzien

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Limousin. Corrèze.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Cooked meats

Hare pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels and vin jaune sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb sweetbreads with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Sea fish

Cod with saffron

Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Poultry

Chicken quesadillas

Mexico.
Corn tortilla filled with cheese and chicken.

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Sea fish

Salmon steak with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with gravy

Gravy : sauce made from natural cooking juices, thickened with wheat flour or cornstarch, seasoned with pepper, salt, and crème fraîche (for seafood and fish) or red wine (for meat).

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Cheeses

Gougères with Chaource

Gougères stuffed with Chaource cheese.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartare with herbs

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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