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Meal families

Desserts

Black plum pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with Sarlat style potatoes

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese

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

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Sea fish

Braised salmon

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

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Desserts

Gâteau basque with black jam

Basque Country.
Cake filled with black cherry jam.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dolma

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop blanquette with Noilly Prat

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Desserts

Peach miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster gratin cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Hafod

United Kingdom. Wales.
Hard pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind.
Ripening : 10 to 18 months.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Sauces

Choron sauce

Bearnaise sauce with tomato.

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Poultry

Turkey cutlet with white sauce

White sauce : heated flour and butter to which a hot liquid is added (broth, water, cooking juices, wine).

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Cheeses

Palet de Bourgogne

France. Burgundy.
Soft cow's milk cheese with the rind dipped in Marc de Bourgogne.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Parmesan shortbreads

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