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Meal families

Game animals

Doe fillet with huntsman sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted prawns

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Sea fish

Turbot in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Sea fish

Grilled darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk fed lamb

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano semicurado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : over 5 months.

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Cold starters

Salmon pâté with lemon sauce

Lemon Sauce: butter, lemon, cream and mustard.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Harbison

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind wrapped in strips of spruce.

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Cheeses

Zamorano artesano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Hard raw ewe's milk cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Sauces

Brown butter sauce

Brown butter : cooked until a clear brown color and smells nutty poured through a strainer into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy.
Blue-veined cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Pleasant ridge reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 14 months.

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Desserts

Raspberry macaron

Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Squid ink risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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