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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil with albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Cheeses

Baratte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed oyster mushrooms

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops and black truffle zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Sauces

Beurre noisette sauce

Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Cheeses

Stinking bishop

United Kingdom. Gloucestershire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a perry-washed rind orange-colored.

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano semicurado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, ranging in color from straw yellow to orange.
Ripening : 2 to 5 months.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Termignon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Saint-Florentin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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