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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme de Savoie

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with a washed rind of gray colour.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.

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Appetizers

Tapenade

Garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Eggs

Oeufs en meurette

Poached eggs with red wine sauce, bacon and onion compote.

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Main meals

Rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy paste or sauce composed of fruits or vegetables cut with crushed ginger, minced onions and chilli.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano stravecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 36 months.

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Cold starters

Duck foie gras in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Poultry

Chicken Marengo

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

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Cheeses

Vieux Lille

France. Nord. Pas de Calais.
Soft, cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Cheeses

Crater Lake Blue

United States. Oregon.
Pasteurized cow's milk blue cheese.
Ripening : 90 days.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Cofee iced parfait and gingerbread

Parfait : frozen dessert made from fresh cream and eggs with a flavouring (alcohol, crushed fresh or dried fruit, chocolate, vanilla ...).

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with morels

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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