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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet with tapenade

Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Desserts

French king cake

Brioche with candied fruit flavored with orange blossom.

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Desserts

Pecan pie

Often served with whipped cream.

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Freshwater fish

Roast pike-perch in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Desserts

Peach zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Sea fish

Tuna fricassee

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

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Cheeses

Buttermilk blue affinée

United States. Wisconsin.
Semi-soft blue-veined raw cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Cheeses

Shepherd’s delight

United States. Pennsylvania.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Semi-soft raw goat’s milk cheese and mould on the rind.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with americaine sauce

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Sea fish

Salmon blanquette

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.

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