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Meal families

Main meals

Ossobuco

Italy. Milan.
Speciality of braised veal shank with vegetables, white wine and broth.
Usually topped with gremolata and traditionally served with risotto alla milanese.

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Cheeses

Quicke’s Extra Mature

United Kingdom. Devon.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in muslin cloth.
Ripening : 18 months.

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Poultry

Duck breast with chocolate sauce

Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallots, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.

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Veal

Veal chop casserole

Veal chop with bacon, potato, onion, chicken stock and butter.

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Cheeses

Monsieur-Fromage

France. Upper Normandy. Seine-Maritime. La Bouille.
Soft-ripened double cream cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables pinzimonio

Pinzimonio : raw vegetables soaked with seasoned olive oil.

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Cold starters

Salmon pâté with lemon sauce

Lemon Sauce: butter, lemon, cream and mustard.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras

Served cold.

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Others

Frog legs provencal

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Walnut succès cake

Macaron stuffed with a walnut cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mediterranean pizza

Pizza made with eggplant, zucchini, rocket salad, tomato and mozzarella.

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Desserts

Pear and chocolate 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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Poultry

Roasted chicken with gravy

Gravy : sauce made from the juices that run naturally during cooking with wheat flour or cornstarch.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared bay scallop with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Alex

Germany. Allgäu.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind with a blend of hand-picked herbs and elder flower.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Poultry

Duck a l’orange and spices

A l'orange: sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.

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