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Meal families

Main meals

Gratin dauphinois

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Desserts

Lemon miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood linguine

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with orange sauce

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

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Ice cream and sorbets

Quince sorbet

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom cannelloni

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Cheeses

Comté

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Poultry

Pullet with sweet spices

Pullet : female chicken less than 22 weeks of age.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Cooked meats

Chorizo

Pork sausage with paprika.

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Main meals

Taco

Mexico.
A hand-held corn cake made with a folded corn tortilla, typically filled with one or more ingredients from traditional Mexican cuisine (lime, coriander, onion, grilled meat) and served with a sauce—often made with garlic, coriander, onion, chili, and tomato.

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Cold starters

Greek-style mushrooms

Mushrooms marinated in seasoned white wine and lemon juice and optionally tomato.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with bone marrow

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Main meals

Jambalaya

United States. Louisiana. New Orleans.
A type of paella made with rice, very spicy, with seafood, fish, or meat.

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