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Meal families

Main meals

Lobster raviole with Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira.

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Desserts

Red fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Pork

Peking pork spare ribs

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Desserts

Apple and walnut 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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Poultry

Braised duck

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

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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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Sea fish

Cold salmon mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared scallops

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Desserts

Savarin with candied fruit

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Cheeses

Trappe de Timadeuc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Périgord. Dordogne.
Soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

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Cheeses

French Gouda

France.
Semi-hard whole cow's milk cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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Shellfish and Seafood

Limpets

Aquatic snail with a shell broadly conical in shape.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables à la croque au sel

A la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, for example radishes.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb kidneys and red wine

Kidneys cooked in oil before simmered in wine.

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