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Meal families

Cold starters

Greek-style mushrooms

Mushrooms marinated in seasoned white wine and lemon juice and optionally tomato.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with clams and toasted bread

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Beef

Grilled beef tournedos

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).

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Offal and tripe

Lamb’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Cheeses

Nicasio square

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.

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Consommé and Soup

Zurrukutuna

Basque Country.
Soup made with cod, peppers and garlic.

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Cheeses

Santranges

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with Pont-Neuf potatoes

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with mushrooms

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Cold starters

Fish and vegetable pâté

Served cold.

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Cheeses

Cancoillotte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Lorraine.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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