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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Sauces

Mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Cured Meats

Lyon style cochonnaille

Cochonnailles : charcuterie.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Twelfth night cake

Frangipane : almond-based cream mixed with pastry cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

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Cheeses

Ada’s Honor

United States. Maine.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Weisslacker

Germany. Baviera. United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear tarte Tatin

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Cheeses

Mâconnais

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire. Mâconnais.
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 10 days minimum.

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Seafish

Tilapia ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Pizza

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops cassolette porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Hot Starters

Quenelles

Plain quenelle : durum wheat semolina or flour with butter, eggs, milk and/or water, and seasoning.

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