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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flammekueche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, bacon bits, and onions.

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Cheeses

Charloe

United States. Ohio.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Appetizers

Onion breadsticks

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

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Pork

Porchetta

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Italia.
Deboned suckling pig, stuffed with its own meat and offal with aromatics (garlic, bay leaf) and roasted over a wood fire.
Eaten cold, sliced or pan-fried with oil and tomato.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with rosemary and tapenade

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Veal

Veal chop with morel mushrooms and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with spices

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.

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Sauces

Black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Cold starters

Lobster aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Cheeses

Grana Padano oltre 16 mesi

Italy. Po River Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 16 to 20 months.

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