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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière served cold

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with apricots

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with morel mushrooms and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Sea fish

Atascaburras

Spain. Albacete. Cuenca.
Brandade made with salted cod, olive oil, potatoes, and chestnuts.

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Cheeses

Verano

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 6 months.

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Cheeses

Manchego viejo

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 2 years.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb en croûte

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

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Cheeses

San Andreas

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind and straw-colored crust.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Desserts

Praline Napoléon cake

Russia.
Variety of praline mille-feuille.

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Poultry

Souvarov-style pigeon

Souvarov : stuffing with fresh foie gras and black truffle cooked in terrine.

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