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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels remoulade

Remoulade : mayonnaise with capers, pickles, and a blend of herbs (parsley, chives, chervil, and tarragon).

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Desserts

Peach bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza alla puttanesca

Pizza made with anchovies, capers, olives, and bell peppers.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Cheeses

Tomme de montagne

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire. Puy de Dôme.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Main meals

Carbonade flamande

Beef, horse or pork stew with onions cooked with beer.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with morels

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Beef

Entrecote winegrower’s style

Vigneronne sauce : red wine reduction with shallots and butter.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with goat cheese

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Warm starters

Black truffle raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Eclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime.
Mussels cooked over a pine needle fire.
Generally eaten with bread and butter.

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