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Meal families

Cheeses

Malakoff

France. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. Pays de Bray. Gournay-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Less aged than Gournay.

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Game birds

Roasted pheasant with Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : reduction of white wine or Madeira with a blonde roux to which diced black truffles are added.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with vin jaune

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Cheeses

Vacherin fribourgeois Rustic

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 12 weeks minimum to 20-25 weeks.

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Cheeses

Timanoix

France. Brittany. Morbihan.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk and walnut liqueur washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Main meals

Wild boar daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with chanterelle

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Cold starters

Chicken meatloaf stuffed with crayfish

Ballotine : piece of meat, game, fish, or poultry that is deboned, rolled, stuffed, and tied, cooked in a casserole or set in jelly.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Asparagus flan

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Veal

Veal chop milanesa

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

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Appetizers

Parmesan breadsticks

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

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Poultry

Ostrich tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Desserts

Pear bavarian creram and apple coulis

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit-roasted knuckle of lamb

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Abalone

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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