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Meal families

Desserts

Queen of Sheba cake

Chocolate and almond cake.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood gratin

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Cold starters

Egg aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Appetizers

Radish and herb butter

Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Game birds

Young partridge with lingonberries

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose neck

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare with oysters

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Others

Club sandwich

Triple-decker toasted sandwich, often cut into quarters or halves and held together with a toothpick, made with turkey or chicken breast, crispy bacon, lettuce leaves, tomato slices, and mayonnaise.

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Cheeses

Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert

United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk, and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks minimum.

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Sea fish

Avruga caviar

Kipper (smoked herring) flesh colored with cuttlefish ink, shaped like fish roe (caviar alternative).

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Cheeses

Mont Saint-Francis

United States. Indiana.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat's milk with a beer-washed rind (Imperial stout) yellow in color.
Ripening : 3 to 5 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with americaine sauce

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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Desserts

Apple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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