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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme de Courchevel

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Praslin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Others

Shrimp guédille

Canada. Quebec.
Guédille : sandwich made with a hot dog bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.

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Sea fish

Tuna ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with potatoes

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

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Others

Snails cassolette with chanterelles

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Main meals

Lobster raviole with Newburg sauce

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.
Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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Cheeses

Remoudou

Belgium. Limburger.
Pasteurized Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Sauces

Dieppoise sauce

Dieppoise sauce : A Normandy-style sauce (béchamel with added fresh cream) enriched with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Young wild boar pie

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Offal and tripe

Tripes à la mode de Caen

France. Normandy.
Stew made with the four parts of a veal’s stomach (rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum) and an ox foot.

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Desserts

Strawberries with whipped cream

Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with garlic cloves

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelks with mayonnaise

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

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Desserts

Raspberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Sauces

Henri IV sauce

Henri IV sauce : béarnaise sauce enriched with veal stock.

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Desserts

Apricot blancmange

Blanc-manger : sweet dessert made with milk or cream, flavored and thickened with potato starch or cornstarch.

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Veal

Veal chop casserole

Veal chop served with bacon, potatoes, and white onions, simmered in chicken broth and butter

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