Desserts
Diplomat
Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a layer of custard filled with candied fruit and covered with whipped cream topped with a candied cherry.
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Meal families
Cheeses
Edam demi-étuvé
Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.
Main meals
Poutine
Canada. Quebec.
French fries and cheddar curds topped with a brown sauce.
Demi-glace (brown sauce) : reduced sauce made from a brown stock and tomato puree.
Sea fish
Salmon with hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.
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Chocolate macaron
Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.
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Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.
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Apricot and almond pastilla
Filo coated with honey, almond and pistachio and covered with custard and topped with apricot and icing sugar.
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Saint-Nectaire fermier
France. Auvergne. Pays des monts-Dore (Cantal, Puy de Dôme).
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.
Bear the mention « Saint-Nectaire fermier".
Desserts
Pineapple surprise
Pineapple slices topped with caramel and covered with a brioche soaked in cream.
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Roasted leg of lamb with rosemary
Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Fettucine Alfredo
Italy. United States.
Pasta dish consisting of long pasta mixed with butter and parmesan cheese.
Consommé and Soup
Frog legs soup
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haute-Saône. Jura. Territoire de Belfort.
Vegetable broth with frog legs.