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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme de brebis Corse

France. Corsica.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked.

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Appetizers

Summer roll

Vietnam.
Shrimp, vegetables, beef meat or pork meat wrapped in rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blintz with caviar and cream

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Sauces

Bohemian sauce

Béchamel sauce added with mayonnaise.

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Desserts

Peach 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp cocktail

Cocktail sauce : Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco.

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Sheep and Goats

Seven hour shoulder of lamb

Seven hour : Slow-cooking leg of lamb in wine with garlic and herbs until it is fall-off-the-bone tender and luscious

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic prawns

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with fennel in a beurre blanc sauce

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

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Beef

Braised beef cheek

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops in bitter-sweet

Sweet and sour sauce : tomato sauce with shallots, olive oil and laurel.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with garlic cream

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Cheeses

Citeaux

France. Burgundy. Côte-d'Or. Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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