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Meal families

Cold starters

Salmon tataki

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)

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Beef

Beef Wellington

Beef fillet in puff pastry with spices such as curry or ginger.

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Pork

Braised pork leg slice with potatoes

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle with rice

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Poultry

Chicken in curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek tart

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with a lemon sauce

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sicilian pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, onion, tomato, herbs, and cheeses (Caciocavallo and Tomme).

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Poultry

Guinea fowl salmis with cabbage

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Game animals

Roasted haunch of venison

Haunch : leg.

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Desserts

Petit four glacé

Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.

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Desserts

Mango sable

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tomato

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with shallots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Pork

Stuffed pig’s trotter

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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