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Meal families

Cold starters

Porcini carpaccio

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Livarot tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Cheeses

Bear hill

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 8 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with garlic and thyme

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

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Desserts

Alsatian-style blueberry tart

Alsatian-style : pie with egg-based cream, kirsch, milk, sugar and flour.

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Cheeses

Chaource

France. Champagne-Ardenne.
Soft-ripened raw whole cow’s milk cheese with rind.

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Beef

Beef Stroganov

Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).

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Cheeses

Timanoix

France. Brittany. Morbihan.
Soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese and a washed rind with walnut licor.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Regina pizza

Pizza with mushroom, ham, mozzarella and tomato sauce.

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Poultry

Duck breast with poached pears and red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Main meals

Fish and chips

Battered fish and deep-fried chips.

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Main meals

Couscous

Steamed semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Cheeses

Bleu du Queyras

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Hautes-Alpes.
Blue-veined cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Young wild boar pie

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