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Frog legs persillade

Persillade : mixture of parsley and garlic chopped with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil.

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Poultry

Chicken with Comté sauce

Comté sauce : grated Comté with white wine, fresh cream and shallots.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue: spiny lobster meat slices placed in a row on the shell and served cold.

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Cold starters

Tzatziki

Greece. Turkey.
Mezzé made from yogurt (sheep's or goat's yogurt) mixed with cucumber, garlic, salt, olive oil, sometimes lemon juice and dill, fennel, mint and parsley.
Often served with pita bread and olives.
Always served cold.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Desserts

Chestnut bavarian cream

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

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Appetizers

Arancini al ragù

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, stuffed with ragu (meat in tomato sauce) and peas./ Served hot.

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Cheeses

Pleasant ridge reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 14 months.

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Salads

Vegetable salad with toro and anchovies

Toro : tuna taken from the belly.

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Desserts

Fruit blancmange

Blanc-manger : milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, potato flour or cornflour.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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Sea fish

Brandade with black truffle

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Beef

Beef miroton

Miroton : cooked beef dish (generally pot-au-feu) seasoned with onions.

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Desserts

Pear and chocolate crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Sea fish

Salmon quenelles with lemon sauce

Lemon sauce: butter, olive oil, lemon juice and white wine with parsley.

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