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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dauphine potatoes

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Cheeses

Grana Padano Riserva

Italy. Po River Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : over 20 months.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken en vessie

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Walnut tart

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Pork

Braised knuckle of pork

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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Wild mushroom risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Poultry

Teriyaki chicken

Teriyaki : grilled or roasted food in a sauce made up of mirin, sake and soy sauce.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Vanilla mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Cheeses

Hopelessly Bleu

United States. Texas.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 months.

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Cheeses

Calvander

United States. North Carolina.Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mont-blanc

Meringue cake covered with Chantilly cream and topped with chestnut cream, then dusted with icing sugar.

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Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce and morels

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

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Gougères

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Specialty made from choux pastry and cheese (Gruyère).

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Pork

Pork ribs with devil’s sauce

Devil sauce : shallot and vinegar reduction with veal stock and espagnole sauce, simmered and reduced by half with tomato.

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Main courses

Shrimp dim sum

Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam fricassee

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

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