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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flammekueche

France. Alsace.
Thin layer of dough covered with cream or cheese and bacon and onions.

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Veal

Veal escalope with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Boulangere potatoes

Boulangere potatoes : baked potatoes with onions in broth.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood carpaccio

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

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Sauces

Salmi sauce

Salmi sauce : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Pork

Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables: Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Scallops risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Game birds

Salmi of young partridge

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Sauces

Bretonne sauce

Bretonne sauce : garlic and onion reduction with white wine added with fresh tomato and reduced.

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Cooked meats

Leverpostej

Sweden.
Minced pork liver with lard pâté

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Others

Kebab

Mediterranean cuisine.
Skewersed grilled or roasted meat.

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Sauces

Green peppercorn sauce

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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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with juniper berries

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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