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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Stuffed trout

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Sea fish

Provençal sea bream

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Peach mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère alpage

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk, pressed in a hemp cloth and cooked, with few or no holes.
Cheese is produced from mid-May to mid-October.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Leeks vinaigrette

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Sheep and Goats

Champvallon style lamb chops

Champvallon : baked between two layers of potatoes with poultry broth.

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Poultry

Duck breast with Fougerolles Griottines

Griottines : cherries macerated in a kirsch liqueur.

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Cheeses

Stolwijker kaas

Netherlands. South Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon 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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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pissaladiere

Bread dough topped with onions (caramelized or puréed), olives, garlic and anchovies.

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Poultry

Ginger chicken

Vietnam.
Chicken marinated with turmeric, ginger, chili and honey served with rice.

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