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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Poultry

Chicken with morel and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Schlossberger

Suisse. Bern.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 months.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Desserts

Merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Desserts

Raspberry with mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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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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Cheeses

Bear hill

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 8 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and pork crépinettes

Oysters accompanied by a piece of sausage meat.

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Poultry

Squab with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Poultry

Peking duck with sweet spices

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Sheep and Goats

Potato crusted saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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