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Cheeses

Patacabra

Spain. Aragon. Zaragoza.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk cheese and washed rind from a reddish color to an orange-brown color.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.

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Hot Starters

Langoustine raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Cheeses

Vacherin fribourgeois Classic

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 9 to 12 weeks.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter : butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Havarti

Denmark.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Poultry

Aiguillette of guinea fowl with poivrade sauce

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
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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Seafish

Poached pavé of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Cheeses

Tricorne

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Cheeses

Winnimere

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with spring vegetables

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Empress rice pudding

Rice pudding mixed with Bavarian cream, flavored with kirsch and candied fruits.

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Cheeses

Monsieur-Fromage

France. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. La Bouille.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Almond pie

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Cheeses

Pavé du Nord jeune

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Cheeses

Cambozola

Germany. Allgäu.
Double cream blue soft ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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