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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate pavé

Chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Desserts

Pear and amandine tart

Amandine : cover with almonds.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Pork

Lomo en adobo

Marinated pork with garlic, oregano, paprika, and salt.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fennel and salmon tart

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Cheeses

Boulette de Cambrai

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais. Avesnes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind flavored with tarragon, parsley, and pepper, then hand-shaped into a cone.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Poultry

Pigeon with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Game animals

Hare salmis

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

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Cheeses

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana

Italy. Campania.
Fresh and stretched-curd cheese made from buffalo milk.

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Desserts

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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Beef

Grilled hanger steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

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Cooked meats

Duck paté with duck foie gras

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with mushrooms

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams au gratin

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