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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Langoustines risotto with saffron

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

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Cheeses

Mature Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 9 to 12 months.

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Cheeses

Serra da Estrela curado

Portugal. Serra da Estrela.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle with a rind ocher in color.

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Cold starters

Meatloaf with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with americaine sauce

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Consommé and Soup

Pistou soup

France. Provence.
Vegetable soup with pistou sauce.

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon in a beurre blanc sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Game animals

Haunch of wild boar

Haunch : leg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab aumoniere

Crab meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Beef

Braised oxtail

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Eggs

Toupinel egg

Poached egg served in a baked potato and topped with Mornay sauce.

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