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Meal families

Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini mushrooms

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Veal

Braised veal shank

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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Cheeses

Fuzzy wheel

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat's and cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Tomme de chèvre

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from goat's milk.

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Cheeses

Tres leches

Spain. Asturias.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with a virgin olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Salads

Mesclun

Mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.

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Cheeses

Blue Stilton

United Kingdom. Derbyshire, Leicestershire. Nottinghamshire.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 9 weeks minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Risotto

Reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Others

Mixed skewers

Skewer with lamb, beef, pepper and kidney.

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Main meals

Fish with meurette sauce

Meurette sauce : based on red wine with bacon and onion compote.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawns in garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb kidneys and white wine

Kidneys pan-fried in oil and braised in wine.

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