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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Meat lasagna

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Cooked meats

Country style terrine and onion confit

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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Cheeses

Muracciole

France. Corsica.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Desserts

Crepe Suzette

Crêpe with a butter and caramel sauce, freshly squeezed tangerine or orange juice, orange zest, and Grand Marnier or Curaçao.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Meatball stew

Canada. Quebec.
Meatballs (beef and pork) seasoned with spices such as cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, simmered in a thick sauce often with carrots, celery, and turnips.

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Main meals

Parrillada

Argentina.
Various cuts of meat slow-cooked on a grill.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Cheeses

Crumbly Lancashire

United Kingdom. Lancashire.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Beef

Grilled beef with bone marrow

Grilled beef on which we spread the marrow after cooking.

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Game birds

Tomato bocconcini skewers

Bocconcini : fresh stretched-curd cheese made from small-sized buffalo milk (bite-sized).

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Sheep and Goats

Spit roasted kid goat with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Warm starters

Bouchée à la reine

France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Individual puff pastry filled with a savory mixture cut into small cubes or slices (poultry, sweetbreads, ham, mushrooms) and bound together with a thick sauce (béchamel sauce, financière sauce, suprême sauce).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Ricotta cannelloni

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl in chartreuse with black truffle

Chartreuse : a dish cooked in a bain-marie, made of braised cabbage (or other vegetables) layered alternately with meat to create a contrast of colors.
Should be unmolded and served hot.

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