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Meal families

Game birds

Spit-roasted young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Veal

Veal tenderloin with mushrooms

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Poultry

Chicken fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Neapolitan pizza

Pizza made with garlic, basil, mozzarella di Bufala Campana, oregano, tomato, olive oil and sea salt.

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Sea fish

Sole with brown butter

Brown butter : cooked until a clear brown color and smells nutty poured through a strainer into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Sheep and Goats

Seven hour shoulder of lamb

Seven hour : Slow-cooking leg of lamb in wine with garlic and herbs until it is fall-off-the-bone tender and luscious

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Cheeses

Triple Play Extra Innings

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese from pasteurized goat's, sheep's and cow’s milk without rind.
Ripening : over a year.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom pie

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Desserts

Passion fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Beef

Orange beef

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

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Main meals

Fish and couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Main meals

Chicken gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : vegetable stew (celery, onion, pepper) with a thick and very fragrant broth to which seafood (usually crab, shrimp or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken and smoked meat : andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Usually served with rice.

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Cheeses

Epoisses

France. Burgundy.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with the rind dipped in Marc de Bourgogne.

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Cheeses

Clonmore

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized goat's milk hard cheese wrapped in orange wax.

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Warm starters

Comté cheese soufflé

Served hot.

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