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Meal families

Beef

Roasted beef tenderloin with porcini mushroom sauce

Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.

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Sauces

Ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Poultry

Pigeon with sweet spices

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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Cheeses

Cabécou de Livernon

France. Occitania. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne. (Quercy).
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Écume De Wimereux with black truffle

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Main courses

Paella

Long saffron rice with olive oil accompanied by vegetables, meat and/or fish and shellfish cooked in a utensil called Paella.

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Poultry

Spit-roasted squab with black truffle juice

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

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Main courses

Stoemp and sausage

Belgium.
Stoemp : mashed potatoes served with various vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, spinach, onion, peas, leek, carrot) and flavored with aromatic spices (bay leaf, thyme).

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Cheeses

Manchego fresco

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Poirat du Berry

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Pear pie lightly scented with spices (innamon, clove, pepper).

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Cabbage soup

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate soufflé with vanilla custard

Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pecan pie

Dish usually served with whipped cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry mirlitons

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Vanilla religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelks with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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