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Meal families

Desserts

Milk pastilla

Phyllo pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream flavored with orange blossom water.

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Desserts

Praline bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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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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Cheeses

Muracciole

France. Corsica.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose neck

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Veal

Veal chop with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Cooked meats

Duck paté with duck foie gras and black truffle

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops gratin

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Desserts

Raspberry vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Veal

Veal chop with bolognaise sauce

Bolognese sauce : meat-based sauce with soffritto (the Italian version of a mirepoix) made from onion, celery, and carrot. The various meats are minced or finely chopped and slow-cooked.

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Cheeses

Mature Clothbound Cheddar

United Kingdom. Devon.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 12 months.

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