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Meal families

Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Veal

Roasted veal grenadine

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops cassolette porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Alpha Tolman

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 8 to 11 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Cheeses

Kanterkaas

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Desserts

Crème brûlée

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza alla puttanesca

Pizza made with anchovies, capers, olives, and bell peppers.

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Consommé and Soup

Pork goulash

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Desserts

Red berry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Cheeses

Burrata

Italy. Apulia.
Fresh and stretched-curd cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk, filled with cream and sealed with an edible raffia tie.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Sauces

Mushroom sauce

Mushroom sauce : sauce made from a white or brown base, with mushrooms and other ingredients such as butter, seasonings, stock (veal or poultry), and wine.

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