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Meal families

Sauces

béchamel sauce

Butter and flour (roux) with milk or cream.

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Cheeses

Rush Creek Reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind wrapped in strips of spruce.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras cooked au torchon

Duck foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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Salads

Caesar salad

Romaine lettuce and croutons with egg, garlic, parmesan, lemon juice, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce.

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Sea fish

Lutefisk

Scandinavia.
Traditional dish based on dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide then soaked in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pistou pasta

Pistou : Provencal sauce of crushed basil, garlic and olive oil.

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Poultry

Duck dodine

Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, stuffed, and poached or braised, serve with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and meat glaze.

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Sea fish

Sea bream with meuniere sauce

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

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Cooked meats

Country style terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Aligot tart

Tart with aligot and ham.

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Cheeses

Berkswell

United Kingdom. West Midlands.
Hard sheep's raw milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Desserts

Macarons of Saint-Emilion

Sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, sugar, almonds and bitter almonds.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fried squid

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Cheeses

Ricotta

Ricotta: Italian or Maltese cheese made from the whey of other cheeses, sheep or cow.

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Fruits

Brasucado

France. Cevennes.
Cooking chestnuts over a wood fire in a large frying pan.

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Beef

Grilled Bordeaux style steak

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

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