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Meal families

Main meals

Dauphiné raviole in broth with black truffle

Dauphiné raviole : filled pasta (cottage cheese and parsley).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Boulangere potatoes

Boulangere potatoes : baked potatoes with onions in broth.

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Sea fish

Suquet de peix

Fish stew with potatoes.

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Sea fish

Turbot soufflé with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter. Served hot.

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Sea fish

Pan seared salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Desserts

Red velvet cake

United States.
Chocolate layer cake covered with ermine icing, cream cheese frosting or buttercream frosting.
Traditionally served at Christmas or Valentine's Day.

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Cheeses

Cantal affiné

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cooked meats

Duck pâté with porcini

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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Desserts

Mandarin bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Sauces

Matelote sauce

Red wine reduction with chopped mushrooms, shallots, onion and bouquet garni with a brown roux.

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Cheeses

Saint-Nectaire fermier

France. Auvergne. Pays des monts-Dore (Cantal, Puy de Dôme).
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.
Bear the mention « Saint-Nectaire fermier".

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Cheeses

Cremont

United States. Vermont.
Pasteurized cow and goat's milk double cream cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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