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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Aguachile

Mexico.
Raw shrimp marinated in a salted brine with cucumber, lemon juice, onion, pepper, and chili peppers (chiltepin).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb 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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Veal

Veal medallion with porcini mushrooms and potatoes

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare with oysters

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

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Main courses

Berthoud

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie.
Abondance cheese rubbed with garlic, grated or sliced, seasoned and and topped with white wine before being baked au gratin.
Served with jacket potatoes.

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Pork

Roast piglet

Piglet : less than 3 months.

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Pork

Braised knuckle of pork

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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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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Seafish

Sea bass fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Seafish

Cod in green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mont-blanc

Meringue cake covered with Chantilly cream and topped with chestnut cream, then dusted with icing sugar.

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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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Seafish

Bordeaux style shad

Bordeaux or Bordelaise style : with shallots, parsley, and red wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pea risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Angel’s food cake

A type of vanilla sponge cake often served covered with red berry coulis and strawberries.

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Miscellaneous

Frog legs cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with pistou sauce

Pistou : provençal sauce made from crushed basil, garlic, and olive oil.

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