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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate ganache

Mixture of fresh cream and chocolate.

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Beef

Roast beef tournedos

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.

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Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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Cheeses

Taleggio

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rose rind.
Ripening : 25 to 40 days.

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Appetizers

Cade

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.

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Poultry

Danish roast goose

Roast goose stuffed with onion, apple and dried plum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters Rockefeller

Oysters cooked in breadcrumbs with spinach, parsley and a dash of anise liqueur.

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Salads

Piedmontese potato salad

Salad with pickles, ham, egg, potatoes, tomatoes mixed with mayonnaise.

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Poultry

Braised duck

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Sea fish

Salmon with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Others

Pinchitos

Spain. Andalusia. Extremadura.
Skewers of small cubes of marinated meat (usually pork or chicken) threaded onto a skewer and cooked on charcoal braziers.
The marinade is made from olive oil, aromatic herbs, spices (garlic, cumin, turmeric, oregano, paprika, pepper, thyme, etc.) and salt.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Saffron risotto

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Cheeses

Cheshire

United Kingdom.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Beef

Chateaubriand Vert-pré

Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet..
Vert-pré : maitre d'hotel butter accompanied by watercress

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch and spring garnish with beurre blanc sauce

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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