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Meal families

Desserts

Floating island

Beaten egg whites baked in a mold, in the oven and in a bain-marie, accompanied by crème anglaise.
Generally topped with caramel.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tourtière du lac Saint-Jean

Canada. Quebec.
Layered meat pie made with meat (beef, chicken, hare, moose, partridge, pork and veal or a simpler combination of these meats) with broth and potato cubes.

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Cheeses

Dry Jack Monterey

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Parmesan risotto

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Warm starters

White truffle raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Freshwater fish

Trout 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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Others

Snails cassolette with chanterelles

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Tomme Trappe Echourgnac

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

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Cheeses

Serra da Estrela curado

Portugal. Serra da Estrela.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle with a rind ocher in color.

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Cheeses

Ewe’s blue

United States. New York.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.

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Cheeses

Sofia

United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash, and containing two additional layers of ash cutting the cheese.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Sea fish

Poached sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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