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Meal families

Cooked meats

Young partridge pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Main meals

Ravioles du Dauphiné in black truffle broth

Dauphiné raviole : filled pasta (cottage cheese and parsley).

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Veal

Braised veal tendron

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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Shellfish and Seafood

Brown shrimps

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Cheeses

Beenleigh Blue

United Kingdom. Devon.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood linguine

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Cheeses

Great hill blue

United States. Massachusetts.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Desserts

Gâteau de Saint-Genix

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Brioche filled and stuffed with red pralines.

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Desserts

Peach cobbler

United Kingdom. United States.
Cobbler : a dessert consisting of a fruit filling poured into a baking dish and covered with a crust.
In the Southern United States, the cobbler has both a top and bottom crust.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Apricot ice cream

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Game animals

Haunch of venison with poivrade sauce

Haunch : leg.
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Cheeses

Cashel blue

Ireland. Tipperary.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Poultry

Pigeon en vessie with cream sauce

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alle vongole

Pasta with clams and persillade sauce.

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Beef

Charolais beef fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Leeks vinaigrette

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