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Meal families

Miscellaneous

Club sandwich

Triple-decker toasted sandwich, often cut into quarters or halves and held together with a toothpick, made with turkey or chicken breast, crispy bacon, lettuce leaves, tomato slices, and mayonnaise.

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Furred game

Venison fillet with huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.

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Cheeses

Pleasant ridge reserve extra-aged

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 15 to 20 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Caramel 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Cheeses

Vieux Lille

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Seafish

Sole fillets with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Beef

Lucullus tongue

Mille-feuille of smoked beef tongue slices and duck foie gras.

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Seafish

Darne of salmon with beurre blanc sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Manchego fresco

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

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Cured Meats

Venison pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked yellow bell pepper

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Cheeses

Port Salut

France. Pays de la Loire. Mayenne.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Cantal affiné

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cured Meats

Duck terrine with orange

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Seafish

Bourride

France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Steamed white fish soup (monkfish, sea bass, mackerel, mullet), served with a vegetable brunoise (carrot, celery, onion, leek, etc) and accompanied by aioli or olive oil mayonnaise, with garlic-rubbed croutons.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Walnut cake

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