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Meal families

Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage

Pork sausage using the small intestine of the pig.
Served hot.

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Cheeses

Acapella

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with meuniere sauce

Meunière sauce : liquid from the cooking with butter, chopped parsley and lemon.

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Sea fish

Monkfish blanquette

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Game animals

Salmi of venison

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

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Ice cream and sorbets

Apricot sorbet

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Main meals

Fish and 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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Desserts

Pecan pie

Often served with whipped cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast saddle of lamb

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

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Desserts

Chocolate macaron

Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.

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Cheeses

Old Gouda

Netherlands.
Semi-soft whole cow's milk.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Poultry

Bordeaux style duck

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

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