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Meal families

Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Mascaré de Banon

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of whole raw sheep's and goat's milk rectangular cheese curdled with a natural rind.

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Desserts

Raspberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Appetizers

Poached eggs tart and Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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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

Duck foie gras au torchon

Duck foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with curry sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

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Sauces

Mushroom sauce

Mushroom sauce : sauce made from a white or brown base, with mushrooms and other ingredients such as butter, seasonings, stock (veal or poultry), and wine.

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Poultry

Duck leg salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morels with cream

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Cheeses

Stichelton

United Kingdom. Nottinghamshire.
Blue cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops in sweet and sour sauce

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Cheeses

Ash-ripened goat cheese log

Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Cheeses

Olivet cendré

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Olivet.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a natural rind coated in charcoal ash.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Desserts

Raspberry ganache

A blend of fresh cream, white chocolate, and raspberry coulis.

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