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Meal families

Cheeses

Vacherin des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie. Abondance. Bauges Mountains.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Desserts

Brussels waffle

Rectangular waffle prepared with an egg-white or ale yeast dusted with confectioner's sugar and served hot.
Might be topped with whipped cream, soft fruit or chocolate spread.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White truffle

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Picante

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 9 months.

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Main meals

Auvergne style potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked green bell pepper

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Sea fish

Brill in Dieppe sauce

Dieppe sauce : Normandy sauce (Bechamel with added cream) with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras

Served cold.

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Poultry

Poule au pot

Chicken stuffed with vegetables (carrots, turnips, leeks, onions, cloves) cooked like a pot-au-feu.

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Cheeses

Bijou

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Game birds

Larded quail

Larded : push bits of bacon or Serrano.

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Desserts

Griottines yule log

Griottines : cherries macerated in kirsch liqueur.

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Game birds

Stuffed quails and Porto sauce

Port wine sauce : demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock) with Port added.

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Cheeses

Cabécou du Fel

France. Midi-Pyrénées.
Soft-ripened unpasteurized goat's milk cheese with a mouldy rind.

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Cooked meats

Duck terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in an earthenware container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Cold starters

Scallop shell of fish with mayonnaise

Cold dish with macedonia, cold fish (hake, salmon), mayonnaise and letttuce.

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