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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shrimp risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Duck pithivier

Puff pastry cake filled with duck confit, duck foie gras with mushrooms, onions and whiskey.

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Consommé and Soup

White gazpacho

Spain. Andalusia.
Cold soup made from bread and almonds mixed with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, olive oil, salt and sometimes vinegar. Served with grapes or melon.

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Others

Chow mein

Meat (beef, pork or chicken) or shrimps cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, bean sprouts) bound with a starch-thickened sauce.
Serve with stir-fried noodles (Yakisoba).

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Desserts

Chocolate soufflé with vanilla custard

Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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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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Desserts

Fontainebleau

Dessert made with fromage frais and whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Aravis

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Raw goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.

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Offal and tripe

Provencal tripe

Tripe with garlic, onion, parsley, tomato…

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels cassolette with spinach

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Game birds

Quail fillet with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Cheeses

Cabrales

Spain. Asturias.
Semi-hard blue-green veined raw cow's milk or mixture of two or three kinds of milk (cow, sheep and goat).
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Main meals

Sea tartiflette

Dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese, seafood and fishes.

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Cheeses

Patacabra

Spain. Aragon. Zaragoza.
Semi-soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a washed rind from a reddish color to a pale orange-brown color.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.

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