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Meal families

Poultry

Squab with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Sea fish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Morbier

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Jura.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Veal

Sautéed veal with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Poultry

Roasted duckling

Duckling : young duck.

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Desserts

Exotic fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Sea fish

Sea bass ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Pork

Parsley ham

Ham sliced into cubes, cooked in a Burgundy white wine broth with mustard and wine vinegar, enveloped in a parsley gelée and flavored (with onion, shallot, thyme, bay leaf, garlic, etc).

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Cooked meats

Lyon style cochonnaille

Cochonnailles : charcuterie.

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Cheeses

Brillat-Savarin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte d'Or. Saône-et-Loire. Grand Est. Aube. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : minimum 5 days for small formats, 8 days for others.

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Cheeses

Laruns

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Ossau valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Main meals

Asparagus and langoustine raviole

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

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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