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Meal families

Veal

Veal Milanese

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

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Offal and tripe

Pork kidneys with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cheeses

L’Etivaz

Switzerland. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 to 13 months.

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Main courses

Hake rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy sauce or paste made of chopped fruits or vegetables with crushed ginger, sliced onions, and chili peppers.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Antipasti

« before the meal »

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Seafish

Shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Old Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 12 to 18 months.

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Cheeses

Tilsiter Switzerland

Switzerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Red label.

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Sheep and Goats

Potato crusted saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Veal

Veal chop with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Gournay

France. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. Pays de Bray. Gournay-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spring vegetable 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.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables and herb butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Sauces

Mole chicken

Mole : sauce made with peanuts, cocoa, chili, sesame, tomato and thickened with corn dough, bread, or tortilla (fried and crumbled).

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Sauces

Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Cheeses

Fried cheese curds

Canada. États-Unis.

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Veal

Provençal veal paupiettes

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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