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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Maltese strawberries

Strawberries served with orange juice and Cointreau.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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Seafish

Hake steak Provençal

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Cheeses

Dream weaver

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Mussel soup

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Salads

Mesclun

Mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom cannelloni

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Cheeses

Kanternagelkaas

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk flavored with cumin and clove.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate and pear dome cake

Dark chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse.

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Miscellaneous

Croque-madame with bechamel sauce

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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Furred game

Hare à la Cuillère with grilled bacon and chasseur sauce

A la cuillère : meat slow-cooked in a casserole dish (4 to 8 hours at 160°C), hollowed out and stuffed, then gratinéed before serving.
Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Cheeses

Vacherin fribourgeois Classic

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 9 to 12 weeks.

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Seafish

Brandade

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Salads

Mesclun with goat cheese

Mesclun : mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves from chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Gazpacho with green pepper

Gaspacho : soup made from blended raw vegetables and served cold.

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