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Meal families

Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily. Sponge cake with fruit juices or liqueur stuffed with ricotta cheese and a chocolate or vanilla filling. Covered with a shell of marzipan, usually green, and topped with candied fruit.

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Poultry

Poule au pot

Chicken stuffed with vegetables (carrots, turnips, leeks, onions, cloves) cooked like a pot-au-feu.

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Sea fish

Sole with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Apple and rhubarb crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Cheeses

Aged brick

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Pork

Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Veal

Roast milk-fed veal with Saint Georges mushroom

Milk-fed veal : calf of less than 20 weeks milk-fed only.

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Salads

Caesar salad

Romaine lettuce and croutons with egg, garlic, parmesan, lemon juice, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce.

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Desserts

Quince crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Salads

Pasta salad with neapolitan sauce

Neapolitan sauce : tomato sauce with garlic, herbs (basil, oregano, parsley), olive oil, onion, pepper and salt.

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Cheeses

Orval

Belgium.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind.

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Cooked meats

Poultry paté en croûte

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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Cheeses

Vacherin des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie. Abondance. Bauges Mountains.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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