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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes heart

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Sea fish

Basque-style tuna

Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.

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Desserts

Pithivier

Gâteau of puff pastry filled with almond cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Beef

Chateaubriand Vert-pré

Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet..
Vert-pré : maitre d'hotel butter accompanied by watercress

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartar with lime and curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White truffle risotto

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

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Cheeses

Maasdam

Netherlands.
Semi-hard cow's pasteurized milk cheese wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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Game birds

Larded quail

Larded : push bits of bacon or Serrano.

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet with an anchovy butter

Anchovy butter : softened butter mixed with mashed anchovies, garlic and sometimes herbs.

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Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu with hollandaise sauce

Blue: cooked in court-bouillon and vinegar.
Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Desserts

Apple cobbler

United States.
Cobbler : dessert with both a top and bottom crust with a fruit filling poured into a baking dish.

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Sauces

Herb butter

Softened butter mixed with chopped herbs (chives, parsley and tarragon), pepper and salt.

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Desserts

Fig pavlova

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

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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