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Meal families

Game birds

Roast young partridge with spring vegetables

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Calvander

United States. North Carolina.Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Poultry

Coq au vin blanc

France. Grand Est. Alsace.

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Sea fish

Marinated anchovies

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Pork

Pork chop with Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with velouté of red kuri squash and porcini mushrooms

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Game birds

Mallard salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fritto misto

Fried seafood and vegetables.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with linden butter

Linden butter sauce : creamed linden infusion, reduced, then buttered.

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Sauces

Matelote sauce

Matelote sauce : red wine reduction with chopped mushrooms, shallots, onions and bouquet garni with brown roux.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with langoustines

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Consommé and Soup

Garbure

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gascony.
Cab­bage soup with vegetables (broad beans, potatoes, turnip, green peas, onion, garlic, carrot, celeriac, etc) and typically meat pieces, often confit (duck, pork, goose giblets, pork shank, cured ham, sausage, etc).

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Cheeses

Jeffs’ Select Gouda

United States. Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Cooked meats

Poultry liver pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Desserts

Savarin with whipped cream

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Others

Oriental style pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat (lamb, beef, chicken, etc.), hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Sea fish

Salmon soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Grana Padano Riserva

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

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