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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate mirror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Cooked meats

Head cheese

Small pieces of pork meat usually cooked with small pieces of carrots, pickles, shallot or onion, flavored with garlic, spices, parsley and molded in jelly.
Served cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bordeaux style Bay scallop

Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.

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Sauces

Normandy sauce

Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti gratin

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Sea fish

Baked sea bream with Bercy sauce

Bercy sauce : Reduction of chopped shallots with peppercorns mixed with white wine with meat glaze and whipped with butter.

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Poultry

Duck with red curry

Red curry : complex combinations of spices or herbs (garlic, shallots, red chili peppers, galangal, shrimp paste, salt, kaffir lime peel, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns and lemongrass) with coconut milk and fish sauce.

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Sheep and Goats

Méchoui

Sheep or whole lamb roasted on a spit and cooked slowly.

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Sauces

Charcutiere sauce

Reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar wet demi-glace (equal parts of veal stock and espagnole sauce simmered and reduced by half) with mustard and julienned pickles.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sicilian pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, onions, tomatoes, herbs and strong cheese (Caciocavallo and Toma).

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Freshwater fish

Trout 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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Desserts

Redcurrant pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Sauces

Bohemian sauce

Béchamel sauce added with mayonnaise.

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Cheeses

Tilsiter Switzerland

Switzerland.
Hard, raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Red label.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in orange wax.
Ripening : 12 months.

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