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Meal families

Sauces

Mole chicken

Mole : sauce made with peanuts, cocoa, chili, sesame, tomato and thickened with corn dough, bread, or tortilla (fried and crumbled).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and black truffle

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted provençal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

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Desserts

Chocolate marquise with caramel sauce

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère alpage

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk, pressed in a hemp cloth and cooked, with few or no holes.
Cheese is produced from mid-May to mid-October.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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Appetizers

Onion breadsticks

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

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Sea fish

Haddock tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Pear sorbet

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Cold starters

Confit tomatoes

French cooking technique where tomatoes are slow-cooked at low temperature in olive oil with herbs (often garlic, thyme, and sometimes sugar) to concentrate the flavors.
Used as a garnish in Mediterranean cuisine.

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Cooked meats

Cold cuts plate

Assortment of cold meats and charcuterie.

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Cheeses

Kanterkaas

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Poultry

Chicken with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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