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Cooked meats
Hare a la royale pâté
A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.
Served cold or at room temperature.
Sea fish
Fresh anchovies marinated in lime
Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.
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Crepe Suzette
Crêpe with a butter and caramel sauce, freshly squeezed tangerine or orange juice, orange zest, and Grand Marnier or Curaçao.
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Lamb noisette with sweet spices
Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.
Beef
Grilled hanger steak with marchand de vin butter
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.
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Blanquette of zander
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Cold starters
Taramasalata
Greece. Turkey.
Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.
Cheeses
Gabietou
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's and cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 4 months.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Mushroom quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
Sheep and Goats
Salt-crusted lamb with broad beans
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
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Cabrales
Spain. Asturias.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk or a blend of two or three types of milk (cow, sheep, and goat), with a blue-green veined paste.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.
Desserts
Savarin with whipped cream
Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.
Salads
Greek salad
Mixed salad made with capers, cucumber, feta, onion, oregano, olives, green bell pepper, and tomato, dressed with olive oil.
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Shrimp dim sum
Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.
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