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Meal families

Sea fish

Marinated anchovies

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Sea fish

John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Poultry

Salmi of duck leg

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Cheeses

Brabander

Netherlands. North Holland.
Hard pasteurized goat’s milk cheese wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

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Sea fish

Poached sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Consommé and Soup

Pork goulash

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels and vin jaune sauce

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.
Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Cheeses

Harbison

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind wrapped in strips of spruce.

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Appetizers

Fish fritters with tartar sauce

Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.

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Desserts

Caramel soufflé

Served hot.

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Sea fish

Toro

Toro : tuna taken from the belly.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salmon pie

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Cheeses

Epoisses

France. Burgundy.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with the rind dipped in Marc de Bourgogne.

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Poultry

Duck confit with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Cold starters

Turkey meatloaf

Meatloaf : piece of meat, game, fish, poultry, boned, stuffed and rolled, cooked and tied up with string, cooked in casseroles or prepared in jelly.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bordeaux style Bay scallop

Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.

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Cheeses

Ashy goat cheese log

Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Pork

Pork tenderloin with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Surchoix

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.
Gold label.

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