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Meal families

Cooked meats

Wild boar pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Pork

Currywurst

Germany. Berlin.
Pork sausage cut into small pieces and seasoned with curry ketchup.
Served in a small roll (Brötchen) or with french fries.

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Cooked meats

Game pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Warm starters

Vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).

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Cheeses

Bayley hazen blue

United States. Vermont.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with mushrooms

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Pork

Cold pork roast with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken stuffed with black truffle and pommes mousseline

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Potatoes mousseline : mashed potatoes mixed with egg yolks and whipped cream.

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Cooked meats

Duck pâté with porcini mushrooms

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Others

Mauricette

France. Grand Est. Alsace. Mulhouse.
Sandwich made with pretzel dough.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with coral sauce

Coral sauce : scallop coral blended with crème fraîche and spices.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère bio classique

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes and complying with the requirements of the « Bio Suisse » label.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

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Cheeses

Chambarand

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Isère.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted provençal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

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