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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine Alfredo with porcini mushrooms

Fetuccine Alfredo : Pasta dish made with long pasta mixed with butter and Parmesan cheese.

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Veal

Amourettes with morel mushrooms and potatoes

Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.

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Desserts

Apricot charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini provençal

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Cheeses

Stinking bishop

United Kingdom. Gloucestershire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a perry-washed rind orange-colored.

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Cheeses

Langres

France. Grand Est. Haute-Marne. Vosges. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d'Or.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 15 to 18 days.

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Veal

Veal Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.

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Cold starters

Celery root remoulade

Remoulade : mayonnaise with capers, pickles, and a blend of herbs (parsley, chives, chervil, and tarragon).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster a la nage

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

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Beef

Beef Stroganov

Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).

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Main meals

Baked Mont d’or

Baked Vacherin Mont-d'Or cheese.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised leg of lamb with herbs

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Warm starters

Bouchée à la reine

France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Individual puff pastry filled with a savory mixture cut into small cubes or slices (poultry, sweetbreads, ham, mushrooms) and bound together with a thick sauce (béchamel sauce, financière sauce, suprême sauce).

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Desserts

Caramel merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed artichokes with shrimp

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