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Meal families

Warm starters

Ravioles with snails

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

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Main meals

Royal couscous

Couscous : steamed wheat semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.

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Cheeses

Jeffs’ Select Gouda

United States. Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Poultry

Roasted young guinea fowl with perigourdine sauce

Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with blonde roux and diced black truffles) enhanced with onions, shallots and duck foie gras.

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Cheeses

Lamb chopper

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with waxed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Sea fish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Picodon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Soft-ripened cheese made goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Taupinière du Poitou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente. Roullet-Saint-Estèphe.
Soft-ripened dome-shaped cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pheasant pie

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Main meals

Souvlaki

Cyprus. Greece.
Small pieces of meat (lamb, beef, mutton, pork, chicken) cut into cubes and marinated in lemon juice and olive oil with vegetables, aromatics (oregano, thyme), herbs, pepper and salt, then grilled on a spit or on a skewer.
Served in a plate or on pita bread.

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Cheeses

Idyll gris

United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Ripening : 12 to 21 days.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shellfish

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Sauces

Bourguignonne sauce

Bourguignonne sauce : partial reduction of shallot or onion and red wine with a bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf) bound with a veal stock or a Spanish sauce.

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