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Meal families

Salads

Waldorf salad

Julienned apple and celery salad with walnuts and a mayonnaise dressing.

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Sauces

Lobster butter

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White beans in tomato sauce

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Desserts

Fruit blancmange

Blanc-manger : milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, potato flour or cornflour.

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Cheeses

Gran Canaria

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with an olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 2 years.

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Sea fish

Roasted darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops and clams cassolette with curry

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.

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Cheeses

Feuille de Dreux

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Eure et Loir. Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spring vegetable aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Veal

Braised veal medallion

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak and grenailles potatoes

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Grenailles : small potatoes (diameter between 18 and 35 millimeters).

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Cheeses

Weisslacker

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

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Poultry

Chicken with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Warm starters

Goat cheese raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Poultry

Squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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