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Meal families

Desserts

Lemon and mascarpone tart

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Cheeses

Dream weaver

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Veal

Veal chop with morel mushrooms and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Consommé and Soup

Pork goulash

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Desserts

Red berry 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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Others

Pork pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with sliced pork meat, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Cheeses

Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert

United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk, and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks minimum.

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Desserts

Sachertorte

Austria. Vienna.
Chocolate tart filled with apricot jam.

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Veal

Wiener Schnitzel with anchovies and capers

Originally the wiener schnitzel contained anchovies and capers.

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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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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Veal

Veal chop casserole

Veal chop served with bacon, potatoes, and white onions, simmered in chicken broth and butter

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pistou pasta

Pistou : provençal sauce made from crushed basil, garlic, and olive oil.

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Desserts

Raspberry zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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