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Meal families

Desserts

Florentins

Crispy biscuit made with a thin layer of chocolate covered with a mixture of almonds, crème fraîche, candied orange peel and honey.

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Pork

Grilled rouelle of pork

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

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Cheeses

Prairie sunset

United States. Wisconsin.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Sauces

Kerkenaise sauce

Tomato puree with garlic, cumin, lemon, olive oil.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pounti

France. Occitania. Aveyron. Rouergue.
Pâté made from wheat or rye flour with chard, eggs, milk, bacon or sausage meat and prunes cooked in a casserole or terrine.
Generally eaten with a salad.
Served cold.

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Desserts

Stollen

France. Alsace.
Cake made from bread dough with candied fruits, dried fruits and spices sprinkled with icing sugar.

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled scallops

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano semicurado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : over 5 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi: langoustine without head.

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Cheeses

Holey cow

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized raw cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Beef

Rib steak with shallots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Sauces

Salmi sauce

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

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