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Meal families

Consommés, Broths and Soups

Fish a la nage with beurre blanc sauce

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Hot Starters

Tempura

Japan.
Tempura : frying batter made with flour, egg and ice water, in which all sorts of vegetables cut into slices or matchsticks, seafood or fish are dipped before frying in sesame oil.
Generally, tempura is dipped in a sauce (dashi, mirin, and soy sauce, flavored with condiments like grated ginger and daikon radish) and served with noodles or rice.

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Cheeses

Montasio

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a brushed rind (Fresco : two months maximum, Mezzano : five to ten months, Stagionato : ten to eighteen months, Stravecchio : minimum of eighteen months).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Custard tart

Shortcrust pastry filled with egg custard, baked in the oven.

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Cheeses

Taleggio

Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a pink-orange colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 25 to 40 days.

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Cheeses

Aiglon aux herbes

France. Grand Est. Vosges.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk aged with Provence herbs, black and white pepper, and bird’s eye chili.
Ripening : 4 months.

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Feathered game

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini raviole

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.
Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Cheeses

Provolone piccante

Italy. Lombardy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk made with kid rennet.
Ripening : 16 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Banon

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Grand Chimay

Belgium. Thiérache.
Pressed cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Poultry

Provençal pigeon

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

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Fish soup

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Poultry

Duck a l’orange with spices

A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.

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Poultry

Roasted duckling à la goutte de sang

Duckling : young duck.
Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed zucchini

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Meat pie

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Cheeses

Bear hill

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 8 months.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Beef

Provençal-style beef estouffade

Estouffade : long cooking in liquid over low heat in a closed container.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Aperitif

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