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Meal families

Poultry

Duck aiguillette with red wine sauce

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.
Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Veal

Veal tenderloin with porcini

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Cheeses

Montgomery’s Cheddar

United Kingdom. Somerset.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in a cloth.
Ripening : 9 months minimum.

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Poultry

Braised squab

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cheeses

Caerphilly

United Kingdom. Wales.
Hard pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with white hard pressed paste and a natural white rind.

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Desserts

Strawberry zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Cheeses

Mimolette

France. Nord Pas de Calais. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese annatto colored.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes

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Cold starters

Crab cocktail

Crab salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Veal

Veal medallion with vin jaune

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Wild mushroom tart

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Cold starters

en gelatina

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Salads

Mesclun with goat cheese

Mesclun : salad with a mixture of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, baby spinach, arugula, escarole, radicchio and aromatic plants.

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Veal

Provencal veal paupiettes

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

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Beef

Beef Wellington

Beef fillet in puff pastry with spices like curry or ginger.

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