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Meal families

Cheeses

Brocciu

France. Corsica.
Sheep’s milk cheese made from a combination of milk and whey.

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Cheeses

Le Trou du Cru

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte d'Or.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with lemon

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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Poultry

Goose foie gras

Served cold.

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Main meals

Black truffle stew

Black truffles cooked in fat and white wine diluted with broth, served with toasted bread.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Crayfish risotto

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

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Freshwater fish

Trout with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Cheeses

Grand Chimay

Belgium. Thiérache.
Pressed cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Sauces

Black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with meat

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Cooked meats

Cochonnailles à la lyonnaise

Cochonnailles : charcuterie.

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Sea fish

Provençal hake

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Crémets d’Anjou

Egg white beaten with whipped cream and red berries.

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