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Meal families

Cold starters

Pike mousse with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Cheeses

Montasio

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a brushed rind (Fresco : two months maximum, Mezzano : five to ten months, Stagionato : ten to eighteen months, Stravecchio : minimum of eighteen months).

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Appetizers

Parmesan breadsticks

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with a lemon sauce

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

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with white grapes

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Cheeses

Abbaye de Tamié

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Sea fish

Poached sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi : langoustine without head.

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Desserts

Clafoutis

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Limousin.
Cake made with whole black cherries (guignes), topped with a batter similar to flan custard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants with goat cheese

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