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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato salad with black truffle oil

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Sea fish

Sole with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Cheeses

Monterey Jack

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 1 to 6 months.

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Cooked meats

Speck

Austria. Tirol.
Smoked and cured ham with juniper notes.

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Veal

Grilled veal tendron

Tendron : french butcher's cut from the veal breast containing cartilage and layers of fat and meat.

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Desserts

Panettone

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Brioche with candied fruit, raisins, and citrus zest.

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Cheeses

Camembert au calvados

Camembert soaked for several hours in Calvados and then covered in breadcrumbs.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salmon pie

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Sauces

Horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce : velouté with grated horseradish added.

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Sauces

Orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Beef

Braised oxtail

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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Desserts

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Consommé and Soup

Chowder

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente. Vendée.
Fish soup that can be served with potatoes or on slices of bread (toasted or not).

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Salads

Olivier salad

Russia. Moscow.
Mixed salad made with diced vegetables (boiled potatoes, carrots, pickles, peas, etc) and other ingredients (egg, diced ham, chicken, etc), all bound together with mayonnaise.

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Desserts

Sugar pie

Belgium. Canada. Quebec. France.
Tart filled with butter, fresh cream and sugar.
The dough varies depending on the origin (Canada : shortcrust pastry).

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Sauces

Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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