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Meal families

Beef

Grilled entrecote with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Cheeses

Petit suisse

France. Normandy.
Fresh cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk enriched with cream.

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Poultry

Pigeon with black truffle juice

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

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Sea fish

Hake with meunière sauce

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

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Appetizers

Parmesan breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Appetizers

Carolines with ham

Puffs stuffed with bechamel and ham.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables in pinzimonio

Pinzimonio : raw vegetables to dip in salted and peppered olive oil, sometimes with vinegar.

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Sauces

Mint sauce

Mint sauce : vinegar with sugar and chopped mint leaves.

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Desserts

Chocolate soufflé with vanilla custard

Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Desserts

Apricot and almond pastilla

Brick pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds, and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream, and garnished with apricots and powdered sugar.

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Desserts

Red berry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Desserts

Fig pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters au gratin

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Cheeses

Winnimere

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.

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Freshwater fish

Pike and leek purée with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Prairie sunset

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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