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Snails in the Burgundy style

Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).

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Desserts

Candied chestnut vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Main meals

Aligot and grilled sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Cheeses

Gouda Holland

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with forty cloves of garlic

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Chällerhocker

Switzerland. Saint-Gall.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind
Ripening : 8 to 12 months.

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Cheeses

Villageois blanc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Cabécou

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Occitania. Aveyron, Rouergue. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne.
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Cooked meats

Pata negra

Ham from a 100% Iberian breed pig, raised free-range in the pastures of the Dehesa (in the Spanish provinces of Extremadura, northern Andalusia, and Salamanca, as well as in Alentejo, Portugal) and fed primarily with acorns.
This ham is sold with a black label.

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Cooked meats

Charcuterie board

Assortment of cold meats and charcuterie.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Yangzhou fried rice

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal-style sauteed lamb

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Asparagus flan

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato gratin with mushrooms

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