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Meal families

Desserts

Tiramisu

Italy. Veneto.
Speciality made of Savoyard biscuits (Savoiardi) or sponge fingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa.
Tiramisu literally means "pull me up" (to the gourmet bliss).

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Warm starters

Black truffle raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Eggs

Cloud eggs

Whipped egg whites with egg yolk and grated cheese.

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Cheeses

Sofia

United States. Indiana.
Soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind covered with culinary vegetable ash and with an additional layer of ash cutting the cheese in half.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Appetizers

Gougères with Maroilles

Gougères stuffed with Maroilles cheese.

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Desserts

Cherry gratin with zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch and spring garnish with beurre blanc sauce

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Desserts

Chocolate dome cake

Dark chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse.

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Desserts

Imbrucciata

France. Corsica.
Pastry garnish with brocciu, egg, sugar and lemon peel.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with boulangere potatoes

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Boulangere potatoes : baked potatoes with onions in broth.

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Cheeses

Trappe de Bricquebec

France. Normandy.
Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Others

Chop suey

Meat (beef, pork or chicken) or shrimps cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, bean sprouts) bound with a starch-thickened sauce.
Usually served with rice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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