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Meal families

Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho with green pepper

Gaspacho : soup made from blended raw vegetables and served cold.

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Appetizers

Origano breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Desserts

Cherry 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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Veal

Piccata milanese

Italy.
Piccata : thin slices of meat, typically chicken or veal, lightly floured and browned, then sautéed in olive oil and served with a sauce made by deglazing the pan with white wine, combined with lemon juice, butter, parsley, and capers.

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Veal

Veal medallion with porcini mushrooms

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with prunes

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cheeses

Bent River

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Wild mushrooms tart

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Sea fish

Red tuna carpaccio

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

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Freshwater fish

Pike and leek purée with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Desserts

Gingerbread charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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