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Meal families

Cheeses

Young Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Cooked meats

Pata negra

Ham from a 100% Iberian breed pig, raised free-range in the pastures of the Dehesa (in the Spanish provinces of Extremadura, northern Andalusia, and Salamanca, as well as in Alentejo, Portugal) and fed primarily with acorns.
This ham is sold with a black label.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pie Munster

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta al limone

Pasta with cream and lemon.

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Cheeses

Pecorino sardo maturo

Italy. Sardinia.
Smoked, pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw sheep’s milk with a natural dark-colored rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Desserts

Pears cassolette with white wine

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked green bell pepper

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish tails

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and black truffle

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Ice cream and sorbets

Lemon sorbet

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Poultry

Goose with chestnut

Roast goose with chestnut filling.

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Poultry

Duck Montmorency

Duck served with a sauce made from poultry velouté and Montmorency cherries.

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Desserts

Oreillettes

France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Variety of fritter with thin and crispy batter often flavored with orange blossom water and dusted with powdered sugar.

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Beef

Beef axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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