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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pheasant pie

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Cheeses

Epoisses

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.

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Cheeses

Quadrello di Bufala

Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized buffalo milk with a pale pink to oatmeal washed rind.

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Beef

Beef estouffade

Estouffade : long cooking in liquid over low heat in a closed container.

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Desserts

Orangettes

Candied orange peel coated in dark chocolate.

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Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter : butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Cheeses

Havarti

Denmark.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Main meals

Mique lotoise

France. Occitania. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne. (Quercy).
A type of bread dumpling cooked in a broth with meat (usually salt pork, short ribs, and hock, sometimes also andouille sausage) and vegetables (carrot, cabbage, turnip, leek, potato).
Served hot or cold.

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Warm starters

Lobster raviole with fresh cream

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Sea fish

Pickled herring

Marinated herring in vinegar with carrot, lemon, bay leaves, onion, mustard and sometimes served with fresh cream

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Beef

Rib steak over vine shoots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Zwiebelkuchen

Germany. Hesse Rhineland. Palatinate.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

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Sauces

Maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : Hollandaise sauce flavored with blood orange juice and blanched orange zest.

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