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Meal families

Cheeses

Big woods blue

United States. Minnesota.
Pasteurized blue-veined ewe's milk cheese.

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Sauces

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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Others

Oven-baked croque-monsieur with bechamel sauce

Bechamel sauce : Butter and flour (roux) made with milk or cream.

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Sauces

Garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Cheeses

Bay blue

United States. California.
Pasteurized cow's milk blue cheese.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Desserts

Victoria sponge

Sponge cake filled with whipped cream and berries.

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Eggs

Eggs Benedict

Two halves of English muffin topped with fried bacon, poached egg and hollandaise sauce.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with white wine sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster parisienne

Lobster cooked in a white wine broth, served cold and topped with mayonnaise, truffle, egg white, chervil and tarragon accompanied by tomatoes stuffed with mixed salad.

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Poultry

Duck bigarade

Bigarade sauce : sauce of veal stock with orange juice and oran.ge juice and zestvec du jus d’orange et du zeste d’orange.

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Desserts

Mirabelle 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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Cheeses

Trappe de Bricquebec

France. Normandy.
Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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