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Meal families

Desserts

Pear 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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Desserts

Vatrushka with vanilla

Russia. Ukraine. Brioche cake topped with cottage cheese, sometimes flavored.

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Cold starters

Meatloaf with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and lemon

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza pescatore

Pizza prepared with mussels and squid.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Maroilles tart

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Appetizers

Lobster butter canapé

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared bay scallop with Noilly Prat

Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Desserts

Tiramisu

Italy. Veneto.
Speciality made of Savoyard biscuits (Savoiardi) or sponge fingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa.
Tiramisu literally means "pull me up" (to the gourmet bliss).

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Beef

Bordeaux style pan seared rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Desserts

Apple and hazelnut 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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Cheeses

Feuille de Dreux

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Eure et Loir. Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Stuffed shoulder of lamb

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Poultry

Chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Offal and tripe

Merguez frites

Merguez: sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with condiments (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili, etc.).

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Cooked meats

Grilled andouillette sausage skewers with shallots

Sausage cooked with white wine, butter and shallot.

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