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Meal families

Cheeses

Saint-Albray

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Brillat-Savarin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte d'Or. Saône-et-Loire. Grand Est. Aube. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : minimum 5 days for small formats, 8 days for others.

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Cheeses

Lincoln log

United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach and ricotta cannelloni

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Cheeses

French gruyère

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Isère. Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d’Or. Doubs. Haute-Saône. Jura. Saône-et-Loire. Territoire de Belfort. Grand Est. Haute-Marne. Vosges.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk containing holes ranging in size from a pea to a cherry.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Bocconcino

Italy. Campania.
Fresh stretched-curd cheese made from small-sized buffalo milk (bite-sized).

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Desserts

Cadet Mathieu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Apple and cream pie surrounded by golden egg-washed shortcrust pastry, filled with a cream made of flour, egg yolks, milk, sugar, apple slices, and vanilla.

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with basil butter

Basil butter : butter and basil.

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Cheeses

Dubliner

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Game birds

Roast quail with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Desserts

Trianon

Almond cake base topped with crunchy praline and chocolate mousse.

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Desserts

Apple charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Freshwater fish

Trout tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Beef

Grilled beef with Colbert sauce

Colbert sauce : maitre d'hotel butter with gravy and tarragon.

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Salads

Mixed salad

A salad that combines various ingredients in addition to raw, seasoned leafy greens with a vinaigrette.

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Desserts

Vanilla religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Game birds

Young partridge in parchment

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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