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Frog legs with garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with vin jaune

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Warm starters

Sautéed duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

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

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Sea fish

Sea bass in escabeche

Escabeche : marinade made with oil and vinegar (or lemon juice).

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Main meals

Shrimp dim sum

Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.

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Cheeses

Twig farm washed rind wheel

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s and cow’s milk with a golden yellow cider lees washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 months.

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Appetizers

Bread with tomato

Grilled bread rubbed with garlic and fresh tomatoes with thin slices of country ham.

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Poultry

Chicken with ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Livarot cheese tart

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Main meals

Schiffala

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Smoked pork shoulder with sour turnips.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with thyme

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

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Cheeses

Bonchester

United Kingdom. Scotland.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Main meals

Auvergne style potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed flageolet beans

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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

Tomme de Savoie

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a grey washed rind.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.

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