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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled prawns

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Cheeses

Venus

United States. Washington.
Pressed and uncooked raw goat’s and cow’s milk with a golden yellow cider-washed rind.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartare with citrus

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

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Cheeses

Gubbeen Extra Mature

Ireland. Cork.
Oak smoked soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind then wrapped in black wax.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Cheeses

Grana Padano oltre 16 mesi

Italy. Po River Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 16 to 20 months.

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Game birds

Young partridge with black truffle

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Beef

Gardiane de taureau

Bull meat marinated in red wine before being cooked slowly over low heat.
Served with rice.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with greeen peppercorn sauce

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Regina pizza

Pizza with mushroom, ham, mozzarella and tomato sauce.

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Desserts

Sugar pie

Belgium. Canada. Quebec. France.
Tart filled with butter, fresh cream and sugar.
The dough varies depending on the origin (Canada : shortcrust pastry).

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Sea fish

Salt-crusted sea bass with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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