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Meal families

Desserts

Caramelized apple

Apple coated with a soft cream caramel and held at the end of a stick.

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Cheeses

Patachouffe

Belgium.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a beer-washed rind.

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Sea fish

Pickled mackerel fillets in lime

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Desserts

Gugelhupf

Brioche that contains raisins, almonds and Kirsch, sometimes also candied fruits and nuts.

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Desserts

Sablé with salted butter and cherry jam

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Consommé and Soup

Fish a la nage with saffron

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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Salads

Nicoise salad

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Crudités salad with anchovies or tuna, hard-boiled eggs and olive oil.
Do not serve fine wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin

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Sea fish

Steamed sea bass with black truffle

Steam or stew : Steaming in a container closed by a lid.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with sweet spices

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Sea fish

Cod with saffron

Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Winnimere

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.

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Main meals

Taco

Mexico.
A hand-held corn cake made with a folded corn tortilla, typically filled with one or more ingredients from traditional Mexican cuisine (lime, coriander, onion, grilled meat) and served with a sauce—often made with garlic, coriander, onion, chili, and tomato.

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Cheeses

Dorset

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.

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Sea fish

Salmon with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Romans

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Romans-sur-Isère.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk-fed lamb with savory

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Desserts

Victoria sponge

Genoise filled with whipped cream and red berries.

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