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Meal families

Poultry

Squab with duck foie gras

Squab stuffed with duck foie gras

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel

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Salads

Lobster salad with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini flan

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Game animals

Haunch of wild boar with huntsman sauce

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

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Cheeses

Saint-Antoine

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple cream cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Cheeses

Vacherin fribourgeois Rustic

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 12 weeks minimum to 20-25 weeks.

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Cheeses

Brocciu secu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Desserts

Devil’s food cake

Chocolate layer cake stuffed with chocolate cream and topped with chocolate icing.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with mixed spring vegetables

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Mixed vegetables: Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek tart

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Freshwater fish

Trout with morels and vin jaune sauce

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

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Desserts

Stollen

France. Alsace.
Cake made from bread dough with candied fruits, dried fruits and spices sprinkled with icing sugar.

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Desserts

Gingerbread charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Desserts

Apple cinnamon turban

Turban : dish presented in a crown shape.

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Cheeses

Old Mimolette

France. Nord Pas de Calais. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese annatto colored.
Ripening : 12 to 18 months.

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