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Meal families

Main courses

Hochepot stew

France. Hauts-de-France.
Stew made with oxtail, lamb shoulder, salted pork belly, and vegetables.

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Seafish

Sea bass and smoked salmon tartare

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

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Cheeses

Crottin de Chavignol

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Sancerre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise salad

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with Maroilles sauce

Sauce made with Maroilles cheese and white wine.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Aperitif

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine aumoniere

Langoustine meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Victoria sponge

Genoise filled with whipped cream and red berries.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Diplomat pudding

Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a pastry cream filled with candied fruit and covered with Chantilly cream topped with a candied cherry.

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Cheeses

Aged brick

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Profiteroles au chocolat

Small choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream, and covered in chocolate.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Poultry

Sautéed squab with porcini mushroom cream sauce

Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.

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Cheeses

Ocooch Mountain

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind and straw-colored crust.
Ripening : 3-4 months.

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Cheeses

Chiriboga blue

Germany. Allgäu.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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