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Cheeses

Patacabra

Spain. Aragon. Zaragoza.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk cheese and washed rind from a reddish color to an orange-brown color.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.

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Cheeses

Vintage 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 : 24 months.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Lemon sorbet

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with perigourdine sauce

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with blonde roux and diced black truffles) enhanced with onions, shallots and duck foie gras.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Avocado

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed potato

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes with duck confit

Croquette with chopped duck confit and mashed potatoes or white sauce.

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Desserts

Cherry merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Appetizers

Tomato bruschetta

Grilled bread rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil and salt, served with tomato and basil.

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Poultry

Spatchcocked pigeon

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Beef

Braised beef

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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Beef

Beef daube with carrots

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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