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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White Asparagus with maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : Hollandaise sauce flavored with blood orange juice and blanched orange zest.

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Cooked meats

Lorraine paté with garden salad

France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Baccarat.
Puff pastry filled with pork neck and veal knuckle marinated in wine (white, rosé, or red) with shallots, bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.
Served hot.

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Cooked meats

Andouille

Pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.

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Sea fish

Sea bream in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Cheeses

Fribourg

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Salads

Greek salad

Mixed salad made with capers, cucumber, feta, onion, oregano, olives, green bell pepper, and tomato, dressed with olive oil.

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Others

Frog legs provençal

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Pork

Pork chop with Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk-fed lamb

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Cold starters

Aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Cooked meats

Speck

Austria. Tirol.
Smoked and cured ham with juniper notes.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop skewers with coral sauce

Coral sauce : scallop coral blended with crème fraîche and spices.

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Main meals

Lamb tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Poultry

Duck Apicius

Duck cooked in broth and marinated in honey and spices.
Served with dates and apples.

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Cheeses

Prairie sunset

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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