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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherries Jubilee

Cherries poached in a light syrup and then flambéed with kirsch.

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Cheeses

Dante

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 months minimum.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Tapas

Canapés.

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Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Sauces

Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Seafish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Veal

Veal chop with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with blackcurrant

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate pavé topped with caramel

Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Eclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime.
Mussels cooked over a pine needle fire.
Generally eaten with bread and butter.

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Cold starters

Shrimp carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Almond tuiles

Small almond-based pastry, baked flat into the shape of a roof tile, typically used as a dessert garnish.

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Cheeses

Shropshire blue

United Kingdom.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 10 to 12 weeks.

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