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Meal families

Cheeses

Dry Jack Monterey

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Goat camembert

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

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Hot Starters

Seafood vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Cheeses

Brocciu

France. Corsica.
Sheep’s milk cheese made from a combination of milk and whey.

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Veal

Veal Milanese

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and pork crépinettes

Oysters accompanied by a piece of sausage meat.

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Cured Meats

Lonzu

France. Corsica.
Salted charcuterie, washed with wine before being dried and peppered, then smoked.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette in a gingerbread crust

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Blackberry tart

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Poultry

Duck manchon confit with cabbage

Duck wing drumette : upper part of the duck wing.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Anchovy butter

Softened butter mashed with anchovy fillets, garlic, and sometimes herbs.

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Beef

Barbecued rib of beef

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Seafish

Roasted pavé of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Veal

Veal Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood pasta

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish and Nantua sauce

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

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