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Meal families

Cheeses

Vacherin Mont-d’or

Switzerland. Vaud.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
Ripening : 17 to 25 days.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Munster quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Pork

Pork ribs with devil’s sauce

Devil sauce : shallot and vinegar reduction with veal stock and espagnole sauce, simmered and reduced by half with tomato.

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Pork

Sweet and sour pork ribs

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam chowder

Clam soup with potatoes and onions in broth.

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Hot Starters

Spinach and ricotta tart

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Sauces

Aïoli

Provençale sauce.
An emulsion made with garlic and olive oil, sometimes enriched with egg yolk or lemon juice.

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Beef

Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Seafish

Salmon 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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