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Meal families

Cheeses

Mignon

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : at least 3 weeks.

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Pork

Roast pork with Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Cheeses

Boulette d’Avesnes

France. Pas-de-Calais. Avesnes.
Cow's milk cheese flavored with parsley, pepper, tarragon, and cloves and later shaped into a cone by hand.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with maitre d’hotel butter

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.
Maitre d'hotel butter : softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Penne pasta in Arrabbiata sauce

Arrabiata sauce: tomato sauce simmered with garlic, pepper, fresh parsley or basil and sprinkled with grated pecorino romano.

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Desserts

Cherry and pistachio crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Desserts

Chocolate cake and cofee custard

Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Salads

Fattoush

Lebanese speciality salad of raw vegetables (purslane, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish, onion) seasoned with sumac.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Hawaiian pizza

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Appetizers

Tapenade toast

Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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