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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Cheeses

Caprice des Dieux

France.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch a l’unilateral / Pike-perch cooked unilaterally / Zander cooked unilaterally

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Cooked meats

Mallard terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Pork

Rethel boudin blanc

France. Champagne-Ardenne. Ardennes.
White sausage made only from pork meat with milk instead of blood.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Gorgonzola quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Poultry

Hot chicken

Spicy fried chicken served on slices of white bread with pickle strips.

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Main meals

Gratin dauphinois with black truffle

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Desserts

Damson pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Sauces

Nantua sauce

Fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Veal

Axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine aumoniere

Langoustine meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Appetizers

Onion breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Cheeses

Old Kentucky Tomme

United States. Indiana.
Raw goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 months.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with maitre d’hotel butter

Maitre d'hotel butter : softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.

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