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Meal families

Ice cream and sorbets

Apricot sorbet

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Cheeses

Roquefort

France. Massif Central. Aveyron. Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
Semi-soft blue-veined ewe's milk cheese.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel and horn of plenty fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Desserts

Frangipane

Almond based cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum mixed with pastry cream.

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Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Salted beef with spices and herbs before air-dried.

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Cheeses

Plaisir au Chablis

France. Burgundy.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Meatball stew

Canada. Quebec.
Meatballs (beef,pork) and spices (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg) served in a simmered and reduced sauce.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with flageolets beans

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

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with spring vegetables and Soubise sauce

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Main meals

Pot-au-feu

French beef stew with vegetables (carrot, turnip, leek, potato, celeriac, onions, ...) and spices (bouquet garni and cloves).

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Poultry

Salmi of duck leg

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

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Veal

Roman-style saltimbocca

Saltimbocca : thin slice of veal escalope, slice of Proscitto and sage leaf held by a toothpick and cooked in butter with the addition of white wine in the end.

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Poultry

Duck breast with poached pears and red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Appetizers

Radish and herb butter

Herb butter : softened butter mixed with chopped herbs (chives, parsley and tarragon), pepper and salt.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Limpets

Aquatic snail with a shell broadly conical in shape.

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