Cold starters
Duck foie gras in aspic
Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
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Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
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Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Shellfish and Seafood
Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.
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Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.
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Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.
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Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.
> view pairingsCheeses
United States. Maine.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with natural rind.
Desserts
Pastry with three layers of puff pastry, alternating with two layers of pastry cream and coated with icing sugar or fondant.
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Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.
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France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Main meals
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.
Cold starters
Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
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