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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with tapenade

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.
Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and black truffle

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with thyme

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Mandarin sorbet

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Sauces

Guacamole

Dip made by mashing ripe avocados and fresh cilantro, lime juice, onions, fresh peppers, tomatoes and salt.

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Desserts

Whippet

Cake in shape of a sphere made of two meringues welded with chocolate buttercream and covered with chocolate chips.

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Cheeses

Schlossberger alt

Suisse. Bern. Zäziwil.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 18 to 23 months.

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Cheeses

Montasio fresco

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with brushed rind.
Ripening : 2 months maximum.

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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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Sauces

Mousseline sauce

Hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Big woods blue

United States. Minnesota.
Pasteurized blue-veined ewe's milk cheese.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Beef

Sukalki

Basque Country.
Beef stew made with potatoes and vegetables.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Beef

Rib steak with mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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