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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb in puff pastry

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cheeses

Manchego semi curado

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 3 weeks to 3 months.

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Beef

Charolais fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Poultry

Goose confit

Served hot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with a julienne of leek

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Desserts

Strawberry bavarois

Bavarois : cold moulded dessert made ​​with custard or fruit puree, mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine.

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Desserts

Apple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Sauces

Marinière sauce

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Main meals

Makizushi

Roll of dried seaweed (nori) containing a layer of rice surrounding fish or vegetables, all sliced.

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Main meals

Matelote with riesling

Matelote : white wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Anchovy pizza

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Beef

Maultaschen

Germany. Baden-Württemberg.
Pasta filled with meat and golden-fried before being poached in broth.
Served with a green salad.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster medallion en Bellevue

Bellevue: lobster meat slices placed in a row on the shell and served cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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