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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Prawn risotto

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

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Curry sautéed shrimp with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Beef salted with spices and herbs then dried.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Caponata

Italy. Sicilia.
Vegetable stew (eggplant, capers, celery, onion, green olives, and tomato) cooked with olive oil and vinegar.
Served hot or cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Desserts

Lemon and mascarpone macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with olive oil

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Desserts

Gugelhupf

Brioche that contains raisins, almonds and Kirsch, sometimes also candied fruits and nuts.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Wild mushrooms tart

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Cheeses

Comté vieux

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 15 months minimum.

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Main meals

Potjevleesch

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Flanders.
Chicken, rabbit, pork and veal meats set in aspic or fat and served cold with chips and pickled vegetables.

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Cheeses

Saingorlon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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