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Meal families

Cheeses

Hooligan

United States. Connecticut.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Sauces

Sweet and sour sauce

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Sauces

Mint sauce

Mint sauce : vinegar with sugar and chopped mint leaves.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with morel mushrooms and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Iced nougat

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Miscellaneous

Club sandwich

Triple-decker toasted sandwich, often cut into quarters or halves and held together with a toothpick, made with turkey or chicken breast, crispy bacon, lettuce leaves, tomato slices, and mayonnaise.

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Poultry

Spit-roasted squab with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Flan

Flan : eggs beaten into milk and flour, baked in the oven.

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Seafish

Tilapia ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Cheeses

Oka ashed

Canada. Quebec.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Mussel soup

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Main courses

Monkfish tajine with confit lemon

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Pork

Ham with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Served hot.

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Main courses

Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Miscellaneous

Jambon-fromage

France.
Ham sandwich made with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise with cheese and filled with ham slices and often pickles.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

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