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Meal families

Cheeses

Coolea Plain

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with boulangere potatoes

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Boulangere potatoes : potatoes baked in the oven with onions in broth.

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Freshwater fish

Supreme of pike-perch with beurre blanc sauce

Fish suprême : boneless fillet.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pie

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

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Sauces

Ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon pizza

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Poultry

Roasted duckling with peaches

Duckling : young duck.

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Poultry

Pigeon salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Desserts

Peach bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Parmesan risotto

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Main meals

Chicken raviole and consommé with black truffle

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with saffron

Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère alpage réserve

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk, pressed in a hemp cloth and cooked, with few or no holes.
Cheese is produced from mid-May to mid-October.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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