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Meal families

Desserts

Strawberry 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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Beef

Grilled entrecote cooked over vine shoots with porcini Bordeaux style

Porcini Bordeaux style : porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.

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Eggs

Provencal style poached eggs

Poached eggs with garlic, onion, parsley, tomato and bread.

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Consommé and Soup

Goulash

Hungary.
Stew or soup of meat and vegetables seasoned with paprika and other spices.

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Cheeses

Lamb chopper

United States. California.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Cooked meats

Amiens duck pâté

Pâté in puff pastry made with duck and pork meat with mushroom or truffle, Cognac, shallot, egg, breadcrumbs, apple, spices, pepper and salt taken into jelly.

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Main meals

Jambalaya a la provencale

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Preparation based on chicken and saffron rice.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with Dieppe sauce

Dieppe sauce : Normandy sauce (Bechamel with added cream) with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Main meals

Gratin dauphinois with black truffle

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Sauces

Mousseline sauce

Hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Chocolate raspberry bavarois

Bavarois : cold moulded dessert made ​​with custard or fruit puree, mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine.

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Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster aumoniere

Lobster meat cooked in filo pastry.

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