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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Desserts

Walnut macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Desserts

Strawberry trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Sauces

Poivronnade sauce

Poivronnade sauce : garlic, onions, peppers and tomatoes.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Sauces

Maitre d’hotel butter

Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

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Poultry

Chicken quesadillas

Mexico.
Corn tortilla filled with cheese and chicken.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Apricot ice cream

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with cherry

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta al limone

Pasta with cream and lemon.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Gex

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Jura. Haut-Jura.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk.

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Sea fish

Bourride

France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Steamed white fish soup (monkfish, sea bass, mackerel, mullet), served with a vegetable brunoise (carrot, celery, onion, leek, etc) and accompanied by aioli or olive oil mayonnaise, with garlic-rubbed croutons.

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Main meals

Polish meat pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Filled with minced meat, cabbage, and mushrooms.
Served hot or cold.

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Sea fish

Monkfish tail with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Picodon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Soft-ripened cheese made goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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