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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Beef

Boeuf à la mode

Meat slowly cooked in a pot over low heat with white wine, carrots, onion, and broth flavored with herbes de Provence.

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Cheeses

Moses Sleeper

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 to 12 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach and ricotta cannelloni

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Cheeses

Pavé correzien

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Limousin. Corrèze.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Vanilla ice cream

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fouras mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish made with Bouchot mussels, garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or alternatively, a dry white wine from Charente or Cognac, depending on the recipe).

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Sea fish

Hake with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Cheeses

Brie de Meaux

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Young Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Sea fish

Darne of monkfish with green peppercorn sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Game birds

Wood pigeon salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams

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Desserts

Molten dark chocolate cake

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Cheese pie

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Cooked meats

Cochonnailles à la lyonnaise

Cochonnailles : charcuterie.

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Appetizers

Tapas

Canapés.

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