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Meal families

Furred game

Venison salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Cured Meats

Prisuttu

Aged for 12 to 18 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Vanilla éclair

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Black forest cake

Germany.
Traditional German cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) made of several layers of cocoa sponge cake, flavored with kirsch, filled with cherries in syrup and whipped cream, all covered with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

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Main courses

Paella valenciana

The ten mandatory ingredients are : carob bean, green bean, rabbit, chicken, rice, tomato, olive oil, water, saffron and salt, all cooked in a utensil called Paella.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Goat cheese and bacon 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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White truffle risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate delice

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear and vanilla 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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Beef

Chateaubriand

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi : langoustine without head.

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Seafish

Balik salmon

Balik : smoked salmon from a fillet cut from the back of the salmon.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouée with mojette beans

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Mojette beans : white beans from Vendée.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with olive oil

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Beef

Steak tartare

Minced meat served raw with capers, chives, gherkins, onions, chopped parsley, and a raw egg yolk.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Kouign amann

France. Brittany. Finistère. Douarnenez.
Crispy cake made with bread dough containing butter and sugar, folded in layers, like puff pastry but with fewer layers.
Served warm or hot.

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Cheeses

L’Ami du Chambertin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb confit with rosemary honey

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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