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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hearts of palm salad

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Others

Chow mein

Chow mein : shrimp, fish, or meats (beef, pork, or chicken) cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, mung bean sprouts), all bound in a starch-thickened sauce.Serve with stir-fried noodles (Yakisoba).

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil with albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Cheeses

Rebibes de L’Etivaz

Rebibes : cheese shavings.

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Desserts

Malakoff 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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Cheeses

Cremont

United States. Vermont.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized goat’s and cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Cooked meats

Salami

Originating from Italy. Sausage made from salted pieces of pork, seasoned with a blend of spices and herbs, then air-dried. Sometimes the meat is smoked or cooked before drying.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Quince ice cream

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cabbage

Stuffing made with beef or pork, seasoned with onions, tomatoes, rice, spices, etc., wrapped in one or more cabbage leaves, then boiled or steamed.
Generally eaten hot.

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with gravy

Gravy : sauce made from natural cooking juices, thickened with wheat flour or cornstarch, seasoned with pepper, salt, and crème fraîche (for seafood and fish) or red wine (for meat).

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Cooked meats

Mallard terrine

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Poultry

Chicken fricassee with cream sauce

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sauces

Nantua sauce

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

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Desserts

Pâté aux prunes

France. Pays de la Loire. Maine-et-Loire.
Pie made with shortcrust or puff pastry, filled with unpitted plums.

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