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Meal families

Cheeses

Mature Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 9 to 12 months.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike-perch in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bordeaux style Bay scallop

Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb persillade

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

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Desserts

Almond miror cake

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

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Sauces

Brown sauce

Reduced sauce made from brown stock and tomato paste or a brown roux with butter, onion and flavored bacon with a bouquet garni.

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Cheeses

Manchego

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked wrapped in wax.

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Others

Chow mein

Meat (beef, pork or chicken) or shrimps cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, bean sprouts) bound with a starch-thickened sauce.
Serve with stir-fried noodles (Yakisoba).

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Cheeses

Pleasant ridge reserve extra-aged

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 15 to 20 months.

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Desserts

Strawberry zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon with hollandaise sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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