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Meal families

Sea fish

Salmon tartare with fresh cream and chives

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

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Offal and tripe

Lamb’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with spices

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

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Pork

Pork chop with charcutiere sauce

Charcutière sauce  : reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar deglazed with demi-glace (a rich brown stock-based sauce), finished with mustard and julienned pickles.

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Cheeses

Claquebitou

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fresh cheese made from goat's milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chinese noodles

Pasta cooked in a broth (herbal, chicken, etc).

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Cheeses

St Gall Extra mature

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : over 3 months.

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Sea fish

Braised monkfish with curry sauce

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Cheeses

Weisslacker

Germany. Baviera. United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine carpaccio

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

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Desserts

Pineapple vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sea fish

Salmon with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Main meals

Ruthenian pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Ruthenian : stuffed with farmer’s cheese, fried onion, and potato.
Served hot or cold.

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