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Meal families

Cheeses

Checy

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Cheeses

Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of assorted meats, oven-baked in a pastry crust and set in natural gelatin.
Served cold.

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Desserts

Imbrucciata

France. Corsica.
Shortcrust pastry tart filled with brocciu, eggs, sugar, and lemon zest.

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Desserts

Chocolate and passion fruit trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise salad

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Cheeses

Vendôme bleu

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Villiers-sur-Loir.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pork

Roast pork leg slice

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Pork

Salt pork

Salt-cured pork.

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Cheeses

Twig farm washed rind wheel

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s and cow’s milk with a golden yellow cider lees washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 months.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cooked meats

Venison pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Caillou du Rhône

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Burgundy. Saône-et-Loire. Mâconnais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind in the shape of a disk and consumed dry.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Sea fish

Provençal sea bream

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Peach zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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