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Meal families

Sea fish

Sea bass and white wine sauce with shallots and fennel

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho

Spain. Portugal.
Cold soup made from raw vegetables (cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato) mixed with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, oil, salt and vinegar.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Aravis

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Raw goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.

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Beef

Entrecote with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Appetizers

Spiny lobster butter canapé

Spiny lobster butter : spiny lobster meat with butter.

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Offal and tripe

Sauteed veal kidneys with vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop boudin

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Desserts

Raspberry trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Cheeses

Hafod

United Kingdom. Wales.
Hard pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind.
Ripening : 10 to 18 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pumpkin flan

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Desserts

Apple Flammkuchen

Thin layer of bread dough covered with cream or cottage cheese with slices of apples and flambéed with Calvados.

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Beef

Roast beef tournedos

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.

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Main meals

Tofailles

France. Grand-est. Vosges.
Dish cooked in a pot over a low heat (1h30 to 2h) made with onions, potatoes, slices of bacon or lardons and white wine with or without leek.
Served with a green salad.

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Sauces

Roquefort sauce

Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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