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Meal families

Cheeses

Baratte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with figs

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Cold starters

Black radish and herb butter

Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Sea fish

Sea bream with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Poultry

Roasted squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Pork

Roast pork leg slice

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

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Desserts

Peach crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Cheeses

Bayley hazen blue

United States. Vermont.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Thin scallop tart

Thin tart : on puff pastry.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Beef

Grilled beef 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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Cold starters

Salmon pâté with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : butter, lemon, cream and mustard.
Served cold.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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