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Meal families

Beef

Grilled rib steak with béarnaise sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Game animals

Marinated venison with huntsman sauce

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

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Sauces

Albufera sauce

Supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Cheeses

Green Dirt Farm’s Ruby

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk with a washed rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam gratin

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Sea fish

Skate with black butter sauce

Black butter: butter cooked until it turns a dark color, reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine vinegar).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant gratin

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Desserts

Nordic style cottage cheese

Cottage cheese and smoked salmon.

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Cold starters

Chicken aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Veal

Veal filet mignon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in orange wax.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidneys with Madeira sauce

Madeira sauce : Demi-glace (brown stock reduced) with Madeira.

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Cooked meats

Grilled andouille sausage

Andouille : pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.

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