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Meal families

Cheeses

Chaource

France. Champagne-Ardenne.
Soft-ripened raw whole cow’s milk cheese with rind.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Main meals

Fish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs whose broth is bound with butter or cream.

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Desserts

Damson crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Salpicon of seafood

Salpicon : preparation hot or cold of ingredients diced and bound by a cream or sauce.

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Veal

Veal medallion with vin jaune

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Sheep and Goats

Tripotxa

Spiced lamb black pudding sometimes associated with veal.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Morel and Comté pie

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed potato

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Cheeses

Black Betty

Netherlands. North Holland.
Hard pasteurized goat’s milk cheese wrapped in black wax.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Poultry

Pullet in demi deuil with Albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Desserts

Peach bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruit, cream, sometimes jam.

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Main meals

Moitie-Moitie fondue

Mont d'or cheese fondue with gruyère.

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