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Meal families

Beef

Tournedos Rossini and mashed potato with black truffle

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

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Cheeses

Rove des garrigues

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Fresh cheese made from raw or pasteurized goat's milk, shaped into a ball.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Cheeses

Brie à la truffe noire

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Brie.
Brie cut in half then topped with a preparation made from black truffle and mascarpone.

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Warm starters

Tempura

Japan.
Tempura : frying batter made with flour, egg and ice water, in which all sorts of vegetables cut into slices or matchsticks, seafood or fish are dipped before frying in sesame oil.
Generally, tempura is dipped in a sauce (dashi, mirin, and soy sauce, flavored with condiments like grated ginger and daikon radish) and served with noodles or rice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Gnocchi

Mixture of wheat flour and potato semolina or durum wheat poached in water and often gratin in the oven with cheese.

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Eggs

Eggs mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with lemon butter sauce

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pigeon pie

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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

Emmental

Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Cooked pressed cow’s milk cheese

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Cheeses

Cabricharme

Belgium. Ardennes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

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Cheeses

Roncal

Spain. Navarre.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with an ivory white or pale yellow color and a natural blue-gray rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Main meals

Stuffed tomatoes

Stuffed tomatoes with tomato, rice, meat, garlic, bread and parsley.

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Sauces

Matelote sauce

Matelote sauce : red wine reduction with chopped mushrooms, shallots, onions and bouquet garni with brown roux.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé topped with caramel

Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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