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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops in bitter-sweet

Sweet and sour sauce : tomato sauce with shallots, olive oil and laurel.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Razor shell and persillade

Persillade : mixture of parsley and garlic chopped with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with garlic cream

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

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Sea fish

Balik salmon

Swiss Balik Salmon.

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Consommé and Soup

Cabbage soup

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Freshwater fish

Trout with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Cheeses

St. Malachi

United States. Pennsylvania.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana

Italy. Campania.
Speciality made with buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method.

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Cheeses

Gabietou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Semi-soft raw cow and sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 90 days.

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Main meals

Fondue savoyarde

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Traditional Savoie cheese fondue (Beaufort, Comté, Emmenthal, Gruyère, Tomme de Savoie) where small cubes of bread are dipped.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit-roasted leg of lamb

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

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Pork

Pork crépinettes with apple

Crépinettes : ground pork in small flat sausage.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster with americaine sauce

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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