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Meal families

Seafish

Blanquette of turbot

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Coolea Plain

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fillet with garlic cream

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Sauces

Henri IV sauce

Henri IV sauce : béarnaise sauce enriched with veal stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach

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Seafish

Monkfish and salmon ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Pork

Marinated pork skewers

Marinated pork with garlic, oregano, paprika, and salt.

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Pork

Pig’s trotters pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fruit fritters

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry 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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Veal

Axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Cheeses

Alpha Tolman

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 8 to 11 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Rhubarb crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Seafish

Cod with saffron

Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Salads

Fattoush

Lebanese specialty : a raw vegetable salad (purslane, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish, onion) seasoned with sumac.
Do not serve fine wine.

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Cheeses

Patachouffe

Belgium.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a beer-washed rind.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Beef meatball soup

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Cheeses

Gournay

France. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. Pays de Bray. Gournay-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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