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Meal families

Game birds

Roasted young partridge with porcini

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Cheeses

Glacier blue

United States. Washington.
Blue-veined raw cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 75 days.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Cheeses

Idyll gris

United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 12 to 21 days.

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Cheeses

Estrella La Peral

Spain. Asturias.
Pasteurized cow's milk blue cheese.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Desserts

Peach marquise

Frozen peach dessert.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Thermidor medallion

Spiny Lobster meat mixed with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock and mustard served in its shell. It can also be served with an oven-browned cheese crust.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme and black olives

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Others

Chop suey

Meat (beef, pork or chicken) or shrimps cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, bean sprouts) bound with a starch-thickened sauce.
Usually served with rice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Penne pasta in Arrabbiata sauce

Arrabiata sauce: tomato sauce simmered with garlic, pepper, fresh parsley or basil and sprinkled with grated pecorino romano.

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini with garlic and parsley

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and lemon

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Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with green sauce

Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with mashed chervil, cress, spinach and parsley.

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