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Meal families

Poultry

Duck aiguillette with red wine sauce

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fillet with garlic cream

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Poultry

Geline with chanterelle

Geline : chicken from Touraine.

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Sheep and Goats

Stuffed shoulder of lamb

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with chanterelles

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Cheeses

Provolone

Italy. Lombardy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Desserts

Chocolate praline dome cake

Milk chocolate dome filled with praline mousse.

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Desserts

Coffee religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shrimp risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.

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Cold starters

Meze

Eastern Mediterranean.
Small dishes (ten to one hundred, with eggplant caviar, dolmas, vegetable salads, tabbouleh, etc.) served on small plates (like antipasti) for a party or family meal to accompany alcoholic beverages.

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