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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Spaghetti carbonara
Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.
Desserts
Praline bavarian cream
Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.
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Vol-au-vent financiere
Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.
Freshwater fish
Pike quenelles with white wine sauce
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
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Langoustine tartare with mango
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
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Pheasant with Perigueux sauce
Perigueux sauce : reduction of white wine or Madeira with a blonde roux to which diced black truffles are added.
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Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert
United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk, and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks minimum.
Consommé and Soup
French onion soup gratinee
Soup made with fried onions cooked in broth, topped with bread or gratinated croutons.
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Baked mozzarella
Mozzarella : fresh and stretched-curd cheese made from buffalo milk.
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Hooligan
United States. Connecticut.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 2 months.
Sea fish
Roasted sea bass with gravy
Gravy : sauce made from natural cooking juices, thickened with wheat flour or cornstarch, seasoned with pepper, salt, and crème fraîche (for seafood and fish) or red wine (for meat).
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Young rabbit with Champagne sauce
Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.
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