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Meal families

Cheeses

Munster

France. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Desserts

Cherry merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Cake in shape of a sphere or a medium-sphere made of two meringues welded with praline whipped cream and covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Cheeses

Toucy

France. Burgundy. Auxerrois.
Soft goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé

Chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Poultry

Salmi of pigeon and mallard

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

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Main meals

Royal couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.
Served cold.

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Others

Croque-monsieur

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich.

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Sea fish

Bluefin tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal roasted shoulder of lamb

Provencal : with sautéed tomato in olive oil with bread, garlic, onion and parsley.

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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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Cheeses

Beenleigh Blue

United Kingdom. Devon.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized goat's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Twig farm washed rind wheel

United States. Vermont.
Semi-hard cheese from raw goat's and cow’s milk with a yellowish-golden rind washed with lees of cider.
Ripening : 2 to 3 months.

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