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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Poultry

Goose with chestnut

Roast goose with chestnut filling.

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Poultry

Squab salmis

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

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Cheeses

Fourme de Montbrison

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire. Montbrison.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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Cheeses

Grilovaný Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind grilled.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with pomegranate

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Cheeses

Truffe du Périgord

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Main meals

Chicken rice pilaf

Pilaf : wheat, quinoa or rice cooked in a seasoned broth in the oven or or casserole dish.

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Desserts

Mirlitons de Pont-Audemer

France. Normandy. Pont-Audemer.
Crispy almond rolled biscuit filled with praline mousse and sealed at the ends with dark chocolate.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine Classic

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 75 days minimum.

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Cold starters

Salmon pâté with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : butter, lemon, cream and mustard.
Served cold.

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Cold starters

Sea bass carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Cooked meats

Pâté de campagne with black pepper

Pâté made with coarsely chopped ingredients such as pork, flavored with herbs and spices, and cooked in a terracotta dish.
Served cold or at room temperature.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette de Cambrai

Andouillette with veal ruffle.

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