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Meal families

Main meals

Parmigiana

Italy.
Aubergine and tomato gratin.

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Cold starters

Salmon tataki with wasabi

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut in thin slices and seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (generally ginger).

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Main meals

Mushroom fondue

Gruyère cheese fondue with Vacherin fribourgeois cheese and mushrooms.

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Beef

Bordeaux style beef tournedos

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Pork

Roast pork with Stilton

Roast pork filled with Stilton cheese.

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Cheeses

Crozier blue

Ireland. County Tipperary.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 11 months.

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Main meals

Fondue bourguignonne

Pieces of meat beef cooked in hot oil and accompanied by various sauces (ketchup, mayonnaise, bearnaise sauce, Tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, …)

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Beef

Beef daube with black olives

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Cheeses

Morbier

France. Jura.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.

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Desserts

Chocolate passion trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Salads

Mesclun with black truffle

Mesclun : salad with a mixture of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, baby spinach, arugula, escarole, radicchio and aromatic plants.

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Cooked meats

Chorizo

Pork sausage with paprika.

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Poultry

Cold fried chicken with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled prawns

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Veal

Veal medallion with vin jaune

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Cheeses

Coolea Extra Matured

Ireland. Cork.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in yellow wax.
Ripening : 18 months.

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Sauces

Newburg sauce

Lobster butter with cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled lobster

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