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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme de brebis Corse

France. Corsica.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked.

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Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Appetizers

Tomato bruschetta

Toast rubbed with garlic, topped with olive oil, salt, tomato and basil.

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Cold starters

Tuna 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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Desserts

Pineapple Chantilly

Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Sea fish

Whole roasted turbot with black truffle juice

Gutted and cooked whole fish (not in fillet).
Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Sea fish

Grilled shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Veal

Roast veal tenderloin

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk, yellow to orange in color.
Ripening : 2 to 5 months.

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Sea fish

Brandade

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Desserts

Caramel merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Cake in shape of a sphere or a medium-sphere made of two meringues welded with praline whipped cream and covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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