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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Poultry

Turkey supreme with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cold starters

Smoked salmon aspic with Champagne

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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Poultry

Goose foie gras au torchon

Goose foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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Cheeses

Moody blue

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with figs

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Cheeses

Sapore del piave

Italy. Veneto. Oderzo.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk.
Ripening : over 12 months.

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Cheeses

Old Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Frozen strawberry soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Serra da Estrela amanteigado

Portugal. Serra da Estrela.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle, with a pale yellow rind.

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Cheeses

Baratte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.

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Seafish

Halibut fillets with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Poultry

Chicken galantine

Galantine : mixture of meat and bacon sliced or chopped then boiled.

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Beef

Rib steak with bone marrow

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

Shropshire blue

United Kingdom.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 10 to 12 weeks.

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