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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fresh fruit tart

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Ice cream and sorbets

Banana split

Frozen dessert traditionally made of a banana cut lengthwise, surrounding three scoops of ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry in France or three scoops of vanilla in Belgium), all topped with hot chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Tutti-frutti ice cream bombe

Ice cream bomb : ice cream in a spherical or semi-spherical Ihape.
Vanilla and strawberry ice cream duo, served with candied fruit and fresh strawberries.

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Eggs

Toupinel egg

Poached egg served in a baked potato and topped with Mornay sauce.

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Cured Meats

Caillette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.

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Seafish

Blanquette of monkfish with saffron

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Crater Lake Blue

United States. Oregon.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 90 days.

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Pork

Porchetta

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Italia.
Deboned suckling pig, stuffed with its own meat and offal with aromatics (garlic, bay leaf) and roasted over a wood fire.
Eaten cold, sliced or pan-fried with oil and tomato.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Pizza Margherita

Pizza with basil, mozzarella, and tomato (representing the three colors of the Italian flag).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Honey soufflé

Served hot.

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Seafish

Salmon carpaccio

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

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Beef

Orange beef

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Cheeses

Sablé de Wissant

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with an orange-colored witbier washed-rind, coated with breadcrumbs.

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Cheeses

Mt Tam

United States. California.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry tart

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