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Meal families

Cured Meats

Lark pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Black forest cake

Germany.
Traditional German cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) made of several layers of cocoa sponge cake, flavored with kirsch, filled with cherries in syrup and whipped cream, all covered with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

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Sauces

Remoulade sauce

Remoulade sauce : mayonnaise with capers, gherkins and mixed herbs (parsley, chives, chervil and tarragon).

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Main courses

Pike-perch matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Miscellaneous

Oven-baked croque-monsieur with bechamel sauce

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with béchamel sauce, baked golden.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Imam bayildi

Turkey.
Braised eggplants stuffed with garlic, onion, tomato in olive oil and simmered in the oven.
Served with rice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish and Nantua sauce

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

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Seafish

Sea bass Nice style

Nice-style : fish cooked with garlic, anchovies, capers, onion, olives, tomato sauce, and a herb bouquet.

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Poultry

Pigeon with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Maltese strawberries

Strawberries served with orange juice and Cointreau.

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Cheeses

Brie de Nangis

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Veal

Veal chop with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Miscellaneous

Lamb pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with thinly sliced lamb, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Strawberry soup

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Cheeses

Fried cheese curds

Canada. États-Unis.

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Cheeses

Vézelay

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne. Vézelay.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 7 to 11 days.

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