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Meal families

Beef

Chili con carne

Beef meat and chili peppers with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato ...) and spices (garlic, cumin ...).

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Desserts

Devil’s food cake

Chocolate layer cake stuffed with chocolate cream and topped with chocolate icing.

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Desserts

Napoléon praline cake

Cake of Russian origin. Variety of praline mille-feuille.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Braised scallops

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

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Desserts

Framboisier cake and vanilla sauce

Framboisier : cake based on raspberry with sponge cake and cream.

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Poultry

Roast duck with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Pecorino Toscano stagionato

Italy. Tuscany.
Semi-hard cheese with sheep’s milk semi-cooked and pressed with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fried seafood

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Desserts

Pineapple zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Sea fish

Rollmops

Herring fillet marinated in water, white vinegar, salt, onion, pepper and mustard and sometimes white wine, rolled into a cylindrical shape, often around an onion, a vinegar pickle or sauerkraut.

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Sea fish

Roasted turbot with black truffles and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Grilled salmon a l’unilateral

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

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