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Meal families

Beef

Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Desserts

Savarin with raspberry

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Eggs

Scotch eggs

United Kingdom.
Hard-boiled peeled egg wrapped in minced meat sausage, coated with breadcrumbs, then baked or fried.

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Cheeses

Vacherin des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie. Abondance. Bauges Mountains.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Main meals

Ajapsandali

Georgia.
Dish featuring garlic, eggplant, bell pepper, tomato, and coriander.

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Veal

Braised calf’s head

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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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with spring vegetables

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Desserts

Bugnes lyonnaises

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Regional donut variety.

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Cheeses

Nakládaný hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind marinated in oil with garlic, herbs, spices, onions, etc.

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Cheeses

La Bouille

France. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. La Bouille.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Ash covered goat cheese

Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

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