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Meal families

Cheeses

Louis d’Or

Canada. Quebec.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months.

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Game animals

Saddle of hare with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Cheeses

Boulette de Cambrai

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais. Avesnes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind flavored with tarragon, parsley, and pepper, then hand-shaped into a cone.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Cheeses

Brie de Melun

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with coral sauce

Coral sauce : scallop coral blended with crème fraîche and spices.

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Poultry

Duck with red curry

Red curry : complex combination of spices or aromatic herbs (garlic, shallot, red chili, galangal, shrimp paste, salt, kaffir lime, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, pepper and lemongrass) with coconut milk and fish sauce.

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Cheeses

Asiago pressato

Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole cow’s milk.

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Freshwater fish

Sautéed pike-perch and spring garnish with beurre blanc sauce

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flammekueche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, bacon bits, and onions.

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Sea fish

Stockfish

Cod salted then air-dried.

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Desserts

Coffee and chocolate charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster parisienne

Lobster cooked in a white wine court-bouillon, served cold and topped with mayonnaise, truffle, egg white, chervil, and tarragon, accompanied by tomatoes stuffed with vegetable macédoine.

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