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Meal families

Desserts

Tropézienne

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Brioche split in two and filled with a mixture of pastry cream and buttercream, topped with pearl sugar.

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Cheeses

Coolea Extra Matured

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 18 months.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose neck

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Desserts

Bananas Foster

Flambéed bananas with vanilla ice cream and a sauce made of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Choucroute garnie

Cooked sauerkraut served with cured meats, meat, and potatoes, accompanied by Alsatian beer or Alsace white wine.

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Appetizers

Poivrade artichokes with olive oil

Poivrade artichoke : young Violet de Provence artichoke.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salmon pie

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Eggs

Peasant omelette

Omelet with mushrooms, bacon, potatoes and Comté cheese.

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Desserts

Fresh fruit soup

(pineapple and peach)

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Cheeses

Castelrosso

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fennel

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Cheeses

Crottin de Chavignol

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Sancerre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Main meals

Shrimp jambalaya

United States. Louisiana. New Orleans.
Kind of paella with shrimp, rice and spicy.

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Others

Ossetra caviar

Russian caviar.

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