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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Apicius pie

Pie with a filling of poultry, honey, and spices.

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Cheeses

Vermont Herdsman

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw whole cow's milk with a straw-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Cooked meats

Poultry pâté with citrus fruit

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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Warm starters

Ravioles with snails

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

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Poultry

Duck breast Rossini

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

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Rabbit

Young rabbit with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Sauces

Chasseur sauce

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Asparagus gratin

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lobster risotto with saffron

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Sauces

Cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Dancing fern

United States. Tennessee.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Sea fish

Gravlax salmon

Gravlax : fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices, and herbs, cured with salt and sugar, served with a mustard sauce.

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Sauces

Montpellier butter

Butter mixed with garlic, capers, herbs (chervil, watercress, spinach, tarragon, parsley), gherkin, shallot, anchovy fillet and hard-boiled egg.

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Sheep and Goats

Mutton daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Desserts

Red velvet cake

United States.
Layered red chocolate cake covered with cream cheese or roux frosting.
Traditionally served at Christmas or Valentine's Day.

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