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Meal families

Cheeses

Coolea with Cumin Seed

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Beef

Bordeaux style pan seared rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Desserts

Praline bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Cheeses

Grayson

United States. Virginie.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a natural orange rind.

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Cheeses

Imokilly Regato

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow’s milk hard cheese with a natural rind.
Matured : 9-12 months.

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Desserts

Red fruit bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Warm starters

Salmon in puff pastry and a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Desserts

Pear charlotte with caramel custard

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Beef

Hachis parmentier

Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Cold starters

Duck foie gras in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Two peppers pizza

Pizza with peppers and mozzarella.

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