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Meal families

Salads

Mesclun

Salad with a mixture of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, baby spinach, arugula, escarole, radicchio and aromatic plants.

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Warm starters

Duck foie gras with black truffle in puff pastry

Puff pastry coating duck foie gras with black truffle.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab claws with mayonnaise

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

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Cheeses

Cabricharme

Belgium. Ardennes.
Raw goat's milk semi soft cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

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Cheeses

Bear hill

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 8 months.

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Cheeses

Provolone

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.

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Sauces

Turkey mole

Mole : sauce made with peanut, cocoa, chili, sesame, tomato and thickened with corn dough, bread or tortilla (fried and crumbled).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartar with lime and curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blintz and potatoes with bacon

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Cheeses

Bleu mont dairy bandaged Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 12 to 24 months.

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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