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Meal families

Cold starters

Prawn cocktail

Shrimp salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Galician style octopus

Galician style : octopus boiled in water and cut into one-centimeter-thick slices, topped with olive oil, salt, and sprinkled with paprika or chili.
Served with potatoes with paprika and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère bio réserve

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes and complying with the requirements of the « Bio Suisse » label.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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Sauces

Dieppoise sauce

Dieppoise sauce : A Normandy-style sauce (béchamel with added fresh cream) enriched with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Desserts

Chestnut macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Cheeses

Cabot Clothbound Cheddar

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 9 to 14 months.

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Poultry

Poultry 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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Cooked meats

Head cheese

Small pieces of pork meat (cheeks, snout, tongue, etc), usually cooked with small pieces of carrots, pickles, shallots or onion, seasoned with garlic, spices, parsley and molded in aspic.
Served cold.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with crayfish

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Touraine-style quiche

Quiche made with shortcrust pastry filled with a mixture of eggs, cream, Rillettes de Tours, and rillons.
Rillons : pieces of pork slowly cooked in their own fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices, and sometimes garlic, parsley, or vinegar.

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Cheeses

Cashel blue

Ireland. Tipperary.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Desserts

Fresh fruit soup

(pineapple and peach)

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Appetizers

Stuffed olives

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Cheeses

Alex

Germany. Allgäu.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind (infused with a special blend of herbs and elderflowers).
Ripening : 7 months.

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