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Meal families

Poultry

Souvarov-style chicken

Souvarov : stuffing with fresh foie gras and black truffle cooked in terrine.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Sea fish

Atascaburras

Spain. Albacete. Cuenca.
Brandade made with salted cod, olive oil, potatoes, and chestnuts.

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Cooked meats

Andouille de Charlieu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Charlieu.
Pork sausage using mainly of pork heart and throat marinated in red wine with herbs and spices.
Served hot or cold.

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Cheeses

Crottin de Champcol

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Appetizers

Goat cheese gougères

Gougères stuffed with goat cheese.

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Poultry

Roasted duckling with Rouen sauce

Duckling : young duck.
Rouen sauce : cider or full-bodied red wine reduced with shallots sweated in butter, combined with brown veal stock, parsley, salt, and pepper, and thickened with a purée of chicken liver.

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Desserts

Peach bourdaloue

Peach and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macarons.

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Warm starters

Sautéed duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Cheeses

St. Malachi

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Pork

Sweet and sour pork

Chine. Canton.
Pork dish made with small square-cut pieces, deep-fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sometimes pineapple, carrot, chopped onions, and/or pepper.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood tart

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Cheeses

Comté fruité

France. Franche-Comté.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed artichokes with shrimp

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Sea fish

Suquet de peix

Fish stew with potatoes.

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