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Meal families

Desserts

Poire Belle-Hélène

Pears poached in sugar syrup and served with vanilla ice cream, melted chocolate and crystallized violets.

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Main meals

Langoustine sushi

Sushi : cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits.

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Cheeses

Young Mimolette

France. Nord Pas de Calais. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese annatto colored.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Desserts

Whippet cookie

Biscuit base topped with marshmallow-like filling and then coated in a hard shell of pure chocolate.
Sometimes there's a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.

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Cheeses

Dubliner

Ireland. Cork.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Bordeaux style lamb

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Squab pie with Armagnac

Armagnac sauce: cooking juice with Armagnac flambeed, creamed and reduced until thickened.

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Poultry

Chicken with mushrooms and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplant and Chavignol

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Veal

Provencal veal flank

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Tropézienne

Brioche split in two and filled with a mixture of pastry cream and buttercream and topped with pearl sugar.

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