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Meal families

Beef

Chili con carne

Beef and chili (spice mix) with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato…) and aromatics (garlic, cumin…).

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Warm starters

Lobster raviole with fresh cream

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

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Desserts

Wild strawberry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Cooked meats

Capicola

France. Italy. Switzerland.
Pork cold cut from the dry-cured muscle running from the neck to the shoulder.

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Cheeses

Olivet bleu

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Olivet.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Sauces

Guacamole

Preparation made with mashed avocado, fresh cilantro, lime juice, onions, fresh chili, tomatoes and salt.

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Consommé and Soup

Mussel soup

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Pork

Diots with red wine

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Game animals

Marinated venison with huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.

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Poultry

Blanquette of chicken

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Main meals

Parrillada

Argentina.
Various cuts of meat slow-cooked on a grill.

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Desserts

Strawberry miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Pork

Pork crépinettes with apple

Crépinettes : minced pork wrapped in caul fat.

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Consommé and Soup

Veal goulash

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Desserts

Strawberries Cardinal

Strawberries covered with raspberry purée and sliced almonds flavored with liqueur (usually kirsch).

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Main meals

Ajapsandali

Georgia.
Dish featuring garlic, eggplant, bell pepper, tomato, and coriander.

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Main meals

Fondue fribourgeoise

Fondue made with Vacherin Fribourgeois cheese at different stages of aging (Classic, Extra, Rustic).

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