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Meal families

Veal

Braised veal tenderloin

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.
Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rib steak with cep mushrooms

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Cheeses

Gubbeen smoked cheese

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind covered in black wax.

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Pork

Roast pork with orange

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

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Cheeses

Yorkshire Wensleydale

United Kingdom. Wales.
Pasteurized cow's and ewes milk cheese with a white hard pressed paste.

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Cheeses

Provolone

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Tome des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Bauges Mountains.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with grey mould rind.

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Sea fish

Sea bream with meuniere sauce

Meunière sauce : liquid from the cooking with butter, chopped parsley and lemon.

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Pork

Braised rouelle of pork with potatoes

Rouelle : a thick slice of meat cut from the hind leg.

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Beef

Bordeaux style beef tenderloin

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Cheeses

Boulette d’Avesnes

France. Pas-de-Calais. Avesnes.
Cow's milk cheese flavored with parsley, pepper, tarragon, and cloves and later shaped into a cone by hand.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Veal

Calf’s head with gribiche sauce

Gribiche sauce : Tartar sauce (mayonnaise with capers, chives, cucumbers and parsley) with chopped eggs.

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