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Meal families

Cheeses

Brie de Montereau

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Fontainebleau.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cold starters

Duck foie gras aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Banana split

Frozen dessert traditionally made of a banana cut lengthwise, surrounding three scoops of ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry in France or three scoops of vanilla in Belgium), all topped with hot chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Rack of lamb with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Veal

Wiener Schnitzel

Veal coated in breadcrumbs and fried.

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Poultry

Danish roast goose

Roast goose stuffed with onion, apple and prunes.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream

Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Aperitif

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Cheeses

Montasio mezzano

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a brushed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 10 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with olives

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Ttoro

Basque bouillabaisse.
Fish soup with hake, Dublin Bay prawns and mussels.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
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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Veal

Veal chop with gremolata

Gremolata : chopped parsley with garlic and grated lemon zest.

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Cheeses

Trivium goat Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed, uncooked pasteurized goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months.

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Poultry

Chicken with morel and cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with morels

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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