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Meal families

Desserts

Almond miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Cheeses

Monterey Jack

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Poultry

Pigeon with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Game birds

Salmi of mallard

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Pork

Peking pork

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Sea fish

Cod with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Death & Taxes

United States. California.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with washed rind.

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Rabbit

Rabbit with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cheeses

Bethmale

France. Pyrenees.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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Pork

Diots with cabbage

Diot : minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Veal

Wiener Schnitzel with anchovies and capers

Originally the wiener schnitzel contained anchovies and capers.

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