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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate macaron

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

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Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte with red wine

Rabbit stew with red wine.

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Poultry

Salmi of duck leg

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Warm starters

Pan fried duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Cheeses

Rigotte de Condrieu

France. Rhône-Alpes. Loire.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind annatto colored.

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Poultry

Grilled duck breast and gratin dauphinois

Gratin dauphinois : dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Desserts

Apple Flammkuchen

Thin layer of bread dough covered with cream or cottage cheese with slices of apples and flambéed with Calvados.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream with fennel 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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Main meals

Royal couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Cheeses

Muracciole

France. Corsica.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Desserts

Honey soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Ocooch Mountain

United States. Wisconsin.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 3-4 months.

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Game birds

Stuffed quails and Porto sauce

Port wine sauce : demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock) with Port added.

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Cheeses

Cremont

United States. Vermont.
Pasteurized cow and goat's milk double cream cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Cheeses

Quart

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

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Rabbit

Young rabbit fillet with white sauce

White sauce : heated flour and butter to which a hot liquid is added (broth, water, cooking juices, wine).

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