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Meal families

Warm starters

Sautéed duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Cheeses

Saint-Albray

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Pavé correzien

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Limousin. Corrèze.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Appetizers

Arancini

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, typically filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, or with ham cubes and mozzarella.
Served hot.

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Sea fish

Shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Baratte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lobster risotto with saffron

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Desserts

Peach cobbler

United Kingdom. United States.
Cobbler : a dessert consisting of a fruit filling poured into a baking dish and covered with a crust.
In the Southern United States, the cobbler has both a top and bottom crust.

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Sea fish

Pickled herring

Marinated herring in vinegar with carrot, lemon, bay leaves, onion, mustard and sometimes served with fresh cream

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Sea fish

Skate with black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Veal

Veal medallion with chanterelle

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Tricolor ice cream bombe

Ice cream bomb : ice cream in a spherical or semi-spherical Ihape.
Tricolor : pistachio, strawberry and vanilla ice creams with meringue.

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Cheeses

Tarentaise cheese

United States. Vermont.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Manchego semi curado

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 3 weeks to 3 months.

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Main meals

Ajapsandali

Georgia.
Dish featuring garlic, eggplant, bell pepper, tomato, and coriander.

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Cheeses

Aisy cendré

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind covered with ash.

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Veal

Fricandeau of veal with sorrel sauce

Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Roth Private Reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : over 6 months.

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