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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagna alla Bolognese

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Appetizers

Tapas

Canapés.

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Cold starters

Avocado with shrimp sauce

Shrimp sauce : fish velouté mixed with shrimp butter.

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Sauces

Red pepper sauce

Sauce made with cream, olive oil, onion and red pepper.

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Cheeses

Beaufort

France. Savoie.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Mignon

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : at least 3 weeks.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pâté gaumais

Belgium.
Pie with pork marinated in wine or vinegar with spices and herbs.
Served hot or cold.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb stuffed with black truffle

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

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Game birds

Roasted pheasant with Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : white wine or Madeira reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes

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Fruits

Brasucado

France. Cevennes.
Cooking chestnuts over a wood fire in a large frying pan.

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Cheeses

Fougerus

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Soft-ripened and bloomy rind cow's milk cheese dressed with a fern leaf.

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Beef

Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Desserts

Pear charlotte with caramel custard

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Offal and tripe

Merguez grillées

Merguez: sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with condiments (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili, etc.).

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