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Meal families

Main meals

Vegetable couscous

Steamed wheat semolina served with vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Cooked meats

Duck pâté with foie gras and porcini mushrooms

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Vézelay

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne. Vézelay.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 7 to 11 days.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant caviar

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Cooked meats

Glazed ham

Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.

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Cheeses

Hidden Falls

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.

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Beef

Rump steak with Colbert sauce

Colbert sauce : maitre d'hotel butter with gravy and tarragon.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with cockles

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Pork

Jambonneau confit

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Sea fish

Lemon sole goujonnettes

Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted prawns

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Cheeses

Tomme des Pyrénées

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrenees-Atlantique. France. Occitania. Ariège. Aude. Haute-Garonne. Hautes-Pyrénées. Pyrénées-Orientales.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk made from sheep's, goat’s and/or cow’s milk often coated with a black or golden paraffin rind.

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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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