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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Asparagus flan

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Appetizers

Gougères with Maroilles

Gougères stuffed with Maroilles cheese.

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Desserts

Macarons

Cupcakes made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Cheeses

Abondance

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Abondance.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Cold starters

Pike-perch terrine

Served cold.

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Appetizers

Garlic bread

Bread filled with butter and garlic.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp skewers

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Poultry

Duck foie gras au torchon

Duck foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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Sea fish

Tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Cheeses

Montasio

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a brushed rind (Fresco : two months maximum, Mezzano : five to ten months, Stagionato : ten to eighteen months, Stravecchio : minimum of eighteen months).

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Desserts

Tiramisu

Italy. Veneto.
A specialty made of Italian biscuits (Savoiardi) layered and soaked in coffee, with a mixture of whipped eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa.
Tiramisu literally means "Pull me up" (towards gastronomic bliss).

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with red wine sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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