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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Pike-perch fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cockle risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Beef

Beef daube and mashed potato with black truffle

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Veal

Veal Milanese

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Cooked meats

Rabbit pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Button mushroom tart

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Warm starters

Soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Robiola di Roccaverano

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's, goat’s and/or cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Fiumorbù

France. Corsica.
Soft-ripened cheese made from sheep's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 5 months.

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Appetizers

Casse-museau

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Goat cheese log baked with butter and flour.
Served warm, not hot.

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Sauces

Nantua sauce

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

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