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Warm starters
Vol-au-vent
Vol-au-vent : hollow case for several people (diameter of at least 15 centimeters) of puff pastry with meat, sweetbreads, fish, crustaceans, snails, mushrooms mixed in a sauce (bisque, béchamel sauce with cream, Nantua sauce…).
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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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Tricycle
United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Main meals
Raclette
Melted cheese accompanied with sausage, potatoes and vegetables.
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Ewe’s blue
United States. New York.
Blue-veined pasteurized ewe's milk cheese.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.
Game animals
Venison fillet with peppercorn sauce
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.
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Grilled cheese
Grilled slices of cheese between slices of bread, with butter.
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Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables and herb butter
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Herb butter : softened butter mixed with chopped herbs (chives, parsley and tarragon), pepper and salt.
Main meals
Young wild boar daube
Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.
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Scallops with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.
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Bay scallop and clams cassolette with curry
Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
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Roasted pheasant with Perigueux sauce
Perigueux sauce : white wine or Madeira reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles.
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Blintz with taramasalata
Greece. Turkey.
Specialty based on salted and cured roe (cod or mullet) added with olive oil and fresh cream and lemon.
In France, generally served with blinis.
Shellfish and Seafood
Sauteed shrimp with curry and spring vegetables
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
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Marieke aged Gouda
Netherlands.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in orange wax.
Matured : 9-12 months.
Beef
Beef fillet with peppercorn sauce
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.
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