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Meal families

Sauces

Marinière sauce

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Salpicon of seafood

Salpicon : preparation hot or cold of ingredients diced and bound by a cream or sauce.

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Poultry

Chicken cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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Desserts

Strawberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Sauces

Turkey mole

Mole : sauce made with peanut, cocoa, chili, sesame, tomato and thickened with corn dough, bread or tortilla (fried and crumbled).

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Desserts

Rice Condé

Rice pudding with an egg and sugar mixture added at the end of cooking.

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Cold starters

Shrimps 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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Sea fish

Salmon steak with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Provencal scallops

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Provencal tomato tart

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Desserts

Mango bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Poultry

Poule au pot

Chicken stuffed with vegetables (carrots, turnips, leeks, onions, cloves) cooked like a pot-au-feu.

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Poultry

Orange glazed duck

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Canard laqué avec une sauce à l’orange.

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Desserts

Strawberry bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruit, cream, sometimes jam.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk.

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Poultry

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori : marinated meat or fish coated with yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Cheeses

Abbaye de Belloc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Semi-hard sheep's whole milk cheese.

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