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Meal families

Cooked meats

Caillette with herbs

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Typical pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. There may also be garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, walnuts…
Served cold or hot.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole with saffron

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Sea fish

Sea bass in escabeche

Escabeche : marinade based on oil and vinegar (or citrus juice).

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Cheeses

Blarney Castle

Ireland. Cork. Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Flageolet beans with butter

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Ricotta cannelloni

Ricotta: Italian or Maltese cheese made from the whey of other cheeses, sheep or cow.

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Poultry

Braised duck

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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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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Desserts

Eggs in snow with raspberry

Eggs in snow : whipped egg whites accompanied by custard, usually topped with caramel.

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Poultry

Goose confit

Served hot.

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Cold starters

Salmon tataki

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut in thin slices and seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (generally ginger).

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Sauces

Peppercorn sauce

Melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Cheeses

Kanternagelkaas

Netherlands. Friesland. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese flavoured with cumin and cloves.

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Beef

Rump steak 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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