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Meal families

Sea fish

Smoked salmon carpaccio

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed chanterelle

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Cheeses

Le bleu 1924

France.
Blue-veined cheese from pasteurized goat's, sheep's and cow’s milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seven-vegetable couscous with herb broth

Steamed semolina served with vegetable stew (purple artichoke, carrot, zucchini, beans, turnips, peas, tomato) accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Desserts

Apple crumble with almonds

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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Main meals

Fish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs whose broth is bound with butter or cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage in a beurre blanc sauce

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cold starters

Shrimp tomato

Belgium.
Tomato stuffed with brown shrimp mixed with mayonnaise.

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Desserts

Savarin with rum

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive with Bechamel

Bechamel sauce : Butter and flour (roux) made with milk or cream.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with cherry

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Others

Snail cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Comté

France. Franche-Comté.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Desserts

Opera

Pastry with Joconde cake, coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Cheeses

Tarentaise reserve cheese

United States. Vermont.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Sheep and Goats

Irish stew

Ireland.
Mutton stew with carrots, onions and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

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