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Meal families

Cold starters

Marinated fish paté

Served cold.

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Poultry

Chicken with satay sauce

Satay sauce : sauce made with coconut cream and peanut butter, with garlic, lime, chili and spices (coriander, cumin and fennel).

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Desserts

Molten dark chocolate cake

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Sea fish

Salmon with sorrel sauce

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

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Beef

Grilled hanger steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

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Others

Hamburger

Dish originating from Germany.
Sandwich made with two buns filled with ground beef, fresh vegetables, lettuce, condiments (pickles, onion) and sauce.

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Beef

Rib steak in a salt crust

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
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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Cheeses

Kanternagelkaas

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk flavored with cumin and clove.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Cheeses

Sapore del piave

Italy. Veneto. Oderzo.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk.
Ripening : over 12 months.

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Consommé and Soup

Goulash

Hungary.
Stew or soup of meat and vegetables seasoned with paprika and other spices.

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Main meals

Young wild boar daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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