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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme Trappe Echourgnac

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

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Feathered game

Young partridge with fondant potatoes

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Fondant potatoes : potatoes braised in a white stock (veal and/or poultry broth combined with vegetable stock) with butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with juniper berries

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Seafish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl and wild mushrooms

Forest mushrooms : wild mushrooms (morel, chanterelle, porcini) sauteed in butter and steamed with fried bacon.

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Sauces

Shrimp sauce

Shrimp sauce : fish velouté mixed with shrimp butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp tempura

Tempura : japanese speciality. Fritter of seafood or vegetables.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Cheeses

Laguiole

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 24 months.

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Miscellaneous

Smørrebrød

Denmark.
Buttered slice of rye bread with one or more toppings (charcuterie, condiment, cheese, fish, etc).

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.

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Cheeses

Tomme de Trappe Echourgnac affiné au vin de noix

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk and walnut liqueur washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Cold starters

Sea bass carpaccio with dill

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Savarin with whipped cream

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Poultry

Poached Bresse fattened chicken with supreme sauce

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

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Freshwater fish

Eel with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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