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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes in pinzimonio

Pinzimonio : raw vegetables to dip in salted and peppered olive oil, sometimes with vinegar.

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Cooked meats

Andouille sausage

Pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tuna lasagna

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Veal

Roast veal tendron

Tendron : french butcher's cut from the veal breast containing cartilage and layers of fat and meat.

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Sea fish

Sea bass and salmon tartare with sorrel sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Pork

Moo shu pork

Northern China.
Sliced pork mixed with small pieces of omelette, wheat noodles, onions, toasted sesame seeds, and optionally black mushrooms and bamboo shoots, seasoned with peanut oil.

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Cooked meats

Grilled andouillette with shallots skewers

Andouillette cooked with dry white wine, butter, and shallots.

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Sauces

Charcutiere sauce

Charcutière sauce  : reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar deglazed with demi-glace (a rich brown stock-based sauce), finished with mustard and julienned pickles.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Desserts

Strawberries with whipped cream

Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Cheeses

Quadrello di Bufala

Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized buffalo milk with a pale pink to oatmeal washed rind.

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Offal and tripe

Venetian calf’s liver

Venetian : cooked with sweet onions and deglazed with balsamic vinegar.

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Cheeses

Smoked Gouda

Netherlands.
Smoked, pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.

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