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Meal families

Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Beef salted with spices and herbs then dried.

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Pork

Pork crépinettes

Minced pork wrapped in caul fat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Squid ink risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Cheeses

Sablé de Wissant

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with an orange-colored witbier washed-rind, coated with breadcrumbs.

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Game birds

Quail fillet with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Appetizers

Goat cheese gougères

Gougères stuffed with goat cheese.

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Consommé and Soup

Veal goulash

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Desserts

Strawberry miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with goat cheese

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Warm round loaf filled with goat cheese.

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Salads

Langoustines salad with orange butter and tarragon

Orange butter : reduced orange juice with butter and cream.

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Salads

Tuna Nicoise salad

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Crudités salad with tuna, hard-boiled eggs and olive oil.
Do not serve fine wine.

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Desserts

Condé peaches

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with peaches in syrup.

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