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Meal families

Cheeses

Old Gouda

Netherlands.
Semi-soft whole cow's milk.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops blanquette with Noilly Prat

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Cooked meats

Macon-style small andouillette sausage

Small chitterling sausage with shallot, mushroom, white wine and mustard.

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Main meals

Gratin savoyard

Dish based on reblochon with potatoes, bacon and sometimes onion.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Leeks vinaigrette

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Cheeses

Bleu de Termignon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Cold starters

Smoked salmon in aspic with Champagne

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Veal

Veal paupiettes and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Cheeses

Robiola di Roccaverano

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Soft-ripened cheese from unpasteurised goat's, sheep's and/or cow’s milk with a natural rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Prawn risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Appetizers

Anchovy butter canapé

Anchovy butter : softened butter mixed with mashed anchovies, garlic and sometimes herbs.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Thermidor

Lobster meat mixed with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock and mustard served in its shell. It can also be served with an oven-browned cheese crust.

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Cheeses

Chiriboga

Germany. Allgäu.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Hawaiian pizza

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