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Meal families

Desserts

Almond tuiles

Petit four, made with ground almonds, cooked and flattened into the shape of a roof tile commonly added as garnish to dessert.

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Cooked meats

Andouille sausage

Pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.
Served cold as first course.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with maitre d’hotel butter

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.
Maitre d'hotel butter : softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.

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Beef

Rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Sea fish

Cod with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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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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Poultry

Pan seared duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Poultry

Roasted squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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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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Cheeses

Gubbeen

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Main meals

Chicken gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : vegetable stew (celery, onion, pepper) with a thick and very fragrant broth to which seafood (usually crab, shrimp or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken and smoked meat : andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Usually served with rice.

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Cold starters

Black radish and herb butter

Herb butter : softened butter mixed with chopped herbs (chives, parsley and tarragon), pepper and salt.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable tian

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Veal

Veal frikandel

Mixture of minced veal with breadcrumbs, egg and onion cooked in disc form and serve with a spicy sauce.

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Cheeses

Idiazábal ahumado

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Desserts

Strawberry miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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