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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Guacamole with lobster

Guacamole : preparation made with mashed avocado, fresh cilantro, lime juice, onions, fresh chili, tomatoes and salt.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tourtière du lac Saint-Jean

Canada. Quebec.
Layered meat pie made with meat (beef, chicken, hare, moose, partridge, pork and veal or a simpler combination of these meats) with broth and potato cubes.

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pork

Diots with polenta

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Cheeses

Fiscalini bandaged Cheddar

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind, straw-yellow in color and wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 18 to 30 months.

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Cheeses

Cremont

United States. Vermont.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized goat’s and cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Beef

Piece of beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Cheeses

Dubliner vintage

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and natural rind.
Ripening : over 24 months.

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Veal

Tête de veau with ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Cooked meats

Game pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab claws with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with garlic cloves

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Poultry

Poule au pot

Chicken stuffed with vegetables (carrots, turnips, leeks, onions, cloves) cooked pot-au-feu style.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White Asparagus with maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : Hollandaise sauce flavored with blood orange juice and blanched orange zest.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé

Chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop gratin

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