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Meal families

Cheeses

Capri lézéen

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind placed on a chestnut leaf.
Ripening : 1 to 2 weeks.

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Desserts

Almond tuiles

Petit four, made with ground almonds, cooked and flattened into the shape of a roof tile commonly added as garnish to dessert.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Steamed mussels

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

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with herbs

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Cheeses

Ewephoria

Netherlands. Friesland. Semi-soft pasteurized sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Asiago pressato

Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige.
Hard whole cow's milk cheese.

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Game animals

Venison and 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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Cheeses

Pierre Robert

France. Ile de France. Seine-et-Marne. Tournan-en-Brie.
Triple cream raw cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Desserts

Chocolate and raspberry parfait

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

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Veal

Veal Marengo

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Aligot tart

Tart with aligot and ham.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato gratin with porcini

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Appetizers

Tomato bruschetta

Toast rubbed with garlic, topped with olive oil, salt, tomato and basil.

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Game animals

Venison huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted noisettes of lamb

Noisette : small round piece of lean meat.

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Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Salted beef with spices and herbs before air-dried.

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