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Meal families

Sea fish

Hake with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sauces

Barbecue sauce

Sauce made from tomato and vinegar with a smoky note and various ingredients (garlic, oil, onion, honey, mustard, paprika, chili pepper, etc.).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Clams risotto

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine Alfredo with mushrooms

Fetuccine Alfredo : pasta dish consisting of long pasta mixed with butter and parmesan cheese.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Scallop tart

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Veal

Braised veal chop

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

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Cheeses

Asiago d’allevo

Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige.
Hard, cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Aged brick

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Desserts

Chocolate and red fruit charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Veal

Veal chop with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cooked meats

Small chitterling sausage with Pont-Neuf potatoes

Sausage cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Appetizers

Gougères with Maroilles

Gougères stuffed with Maroilles cheese.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with tapenade

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.
Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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