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Meal families

Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho with green pepper

Gaspacho : soup made of raw vegetables and served cold.

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Sea fish

Steamed John Dory 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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Cheeses

Romans

France. Dauphiné.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Desserts

Gingerbread charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb offal fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Risotto

Reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Warm starters

Salmon in puff pastry and a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Freshwater fish

Pike and leek purée with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio with lime

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

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Poultry

Spatchcocked chicken with garlic and rosemary

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Zwiebelkuchen

Germany. Hesse Rhineland. Palatinate.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

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Cheeses

Aged brick

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb with spring vegetables

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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