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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant gratin

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with morel sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Beef

Beef cheek daube with red wine and braised endives

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Panettone

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Brioche with candied fruit, raisins, and citrus zest.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Goat cheese bites

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Main courses

Eel matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb with rosemary

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

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Cheeses

Fiscalini bandaged Cheddar

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind, straw-yellow in color and wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 18 to 30 months.

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Poultry

Chicken cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Salads

Fattoush

Lebanese specialty : a raw vegetable salad (purslane, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish, onion) seasoned with sumac.
Do not serve fine wine.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb sweetbreads with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry with mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Pork

Saucisse de Morteau

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haut-Doubs.
Smoked sausage.

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Seafish

Halibut fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Poultry

Braised duck with mushrooms

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cheeses

Fourme de Montbrison

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire. Montbrison.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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