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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with goat cheese

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive with Bechamel

Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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Main courses

Chicken colombo

France. French Guiana.
Colombo : highly aromatic stew prepared with a marinade of spice blend (garlic, lime, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, bay leaf, chili pepper, black pepper, thyme) and then sautéed in oil with various vegetables (eggplant, plantain, carrots, green beans, potatoes, or very often rice) and tropical fruits.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Almond baklava

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Cheeses

Boursin

France.
Fresh pasteurized cow's milk cheese flavored with garlic and herbs.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Lemon and mascarpone mousse

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Offal and tripe

Roast veal kidney with horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce : velouté with grated horseradish added.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cinnamon brownie

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed bay scallops with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid

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Cheeses

Cashel blue

Ireland. Tipperary.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with fleur de sel

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

L’Etivaz

Switzerland. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 to 13 months.

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Poultry

Stuffed capon with morel msuhrooms and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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