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Meal families

Sea fish

Estocafic

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritime. Nice. Stew with potato, pepper, onion, olive, olive oil, garlic and bouquet garni.

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Cheeses

Tilsiter Switzerland

Switzerland.
Hard, raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Red label.

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Cheeses

Winnimere

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind wrapped in strips of spruce.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato gratin

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Cheeses

Murol

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Semi-hard, pasteurized cow's milk cheese with deep orange rind and a hole in the middle.

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Cheeses

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana

Italy. Campania.
Speciality made with buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method.

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Beef

Rib 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Thermidor

Lobster meat mixed with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock and mustard served in its shell. It can also be served with an oven-browned cheese crust.

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Sea fish

Tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Crater Lake Blue

United States. Oregon.
Pasteurized cow's milk blue cheese.
Ripening : 90 days.

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Main meals

Beef cheek hachis parmentier with black truffle

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Desserts

Vatrushka with lemon

Russia. Ukraine. Brioche cake topped with cottage cheese, sometimes flavored.

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Desserts

Blackberry crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Desserts

Pineapple trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster aumoniere

Lobster meat cooked in filo pastry.

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