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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Red mullet risotto

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

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Cheeses

Paški sir

Croatia. Pag.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cold starters

Vegetarian pâté

Served cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mushroom risotto

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

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Cheeses

Ash ripened goat cheese log

Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

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Desserts

Orange bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Poultry

Blanquette of chicken

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Tarentaise reserve cheese

United States. Vermont.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and washed rind.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with salmon and shirred eggs

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Pork

Diots with lentils

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish and Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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Cold starters

Zakuski

Russia.
Various appetizers served with the aperitif (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol pickles, salads…).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops in olive oil and lime

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Appetizers

Origano breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Cheeses

Fribourg

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Poultry

Roasted squab with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Sauces

Melted butter sauce

Melted butter sauce : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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