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Meal families

Poultry

Spatchcocked pigeon

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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Poultry

Chicken with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Provolone dolce

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese with veal rennet.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with financiere sauce

Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) with the addition of Madeira and truffle essence.

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Sheep and Goats

Blanquette of lamb with fresh mint

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

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Cheeses

Young Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Clams risotto

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

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Sea fish

Gurnard with white wine

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Desserts

Savarin with raspberry

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Appetizers

Origano breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Camembert potato gratin

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