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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti al limone

Pasta with cream and lemon.

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Desserts

Blueberry bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Game animals

Venison fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Poultry

Duck a l’orange

A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.

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Main meals

Pot-au-feu

French beef stew with vegetables (carrot, turnip, leek, potato, celeriac, onion, , etc) and spices (bouquet garni and clove).

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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini mushrooms

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Cheeses

Tomme de chèvre

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from goat's milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with smoked salmon

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Desserts

Opera

Cake with Joconde sponge, coffee buttercream, and chocolate ganache.

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Sheep and Goats

Confit lamb epigrams

Epigrams : lamb breast pieces.

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Cooked meats

Capicola

France. Italy. Switzerland.
Pork cold cut from the dry-cured muscle running from the neck to the shoulder.

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Beef

Roasted beef with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Pork

Ham with wine lees

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Ham that has been macerated in Burgundy wine lees for three to five weeks..
Served cold as an appetizer or as a starter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta al limone

Pasta with cream and lemon.

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