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Meal families

Cured Meats

Andouillette with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.
Served hot.

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Poultry

Blanquette of turkey with almonds

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Brussels sprouts gratin

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Cheeses

Gaperon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Allier.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind flavored with pepper and garlic.
Ancestor of Boursin cheese.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pretzel

Knot-shaped bread or brioche covered with coarse salt.

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Cheeses

Grana Padano oltre 16 mesi

Italy. Po River Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 16 to 20 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal lamb skewers

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Dark chocolate mirror cake

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

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Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Beef

Rib steak over vine shoots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

Palet de Bourgogne

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.
Ripening : 1 month minimum.

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Main courses

Chicken tajine with apricot

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Pork

Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Seafish

Turbot with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Seafish

Roasted turbot with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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