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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole dish with mushrooms, onion, tomato with white wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Steamed mussels served cold

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Cold starters

Vitello tonnato

Piedmontese speciality. Cold dish of thinly sliced veal with tuna accompanied by lemon mayonnaise, capers and anchovies.

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Beef

Roast beef with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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Desserts

Palet with raisins

Round-shaped biscuit with raisins.

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Desserts

Peach crumble

United Kingdom. United States.
Fruit poured into a baking dish or in form of dumpling and covered wit a batter or a biscuit before cooking.

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Poultry

Chicken pannequet

Pannequet: pancake filled with a salty or sweet preparation.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Maroilles tart

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Poultry

Duckling Montmorency

Duckling : young duck.
Duckling served with a poultry cream sauce and Montmorency cherries.

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Cheeses

Bleu mont dairy bandaged Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 12 to 24 months.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Spice ice cream

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Desserts

Alsatian-style apple tart

Alsatian-style : pie with egg-based cream, kirsch, milk, sugar and flour.

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Poultry

Pigeon with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Main meals

Parrillada

Argentina.
Various cuts of meat slowly roasted on a grill.

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Cheeses

Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert

United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.

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Cold starters

Celery root remoulade

Remoulade : mayonnaise with capers, gherkins and mixed herbs (parsley, chives, chervil and tarragon).

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