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Meal families

Sea fish

Tuna fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Cheeses

Limburger

Germany. Netherlands. Limburg.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Main meals

Seafood gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : vegetable stew (celery, onion, pepper) with a thick and very fragrant broth to which seafood (usually crab, shrimp or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken and smoked meat : andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Usually served with rice.

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Veal

Wiener Schnitzel

Veal coated in breadcrumbs and fried.

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Sauces

Cumberland sauce

United Kingdom.
Sauce made from Port wine mixed with redcurrant and mustard jelly, orange zest and spices.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with mojette beans

France. Touraine.
Hot bread roll stuffed with white beans.
Mojette beans : white beans from Vendée.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hearts of palm in vinaigrette

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio with lime

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Poultry

Duck breast with Fougerolles griottines

Griottines : cherries macerated in kirsch liqueur.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb provencale

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Veal

Piccata milanese

Piccata: Italian cuisine. Thin slices of meat, usually chicken or beef, floured and browned, then sautéed in olive oil, served with a sauce obtained by deglazing the pan with white wine, mixed with lemon juice, butter, parsley and capers.

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Pork

Pork cheek a la catalane

Pork cheek stewed with a slice of ham, garlic and Seville orange peel.
Sauce based white wine, veal stock and Seville orange juice.

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Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Gex

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Haut-Jura.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Beef

Entrecote with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral

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

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