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Meal families

Consommé and Soup

Ajoblanco

Spain. Andalusia.
Cold soup made from bread and almonds mixed with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, olive oil, salt and sometimes vinegar. Served with grapes or melon.

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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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Offal and tripe

Tripes à la mode de Caen

France. Normandy.
Stew made with the four parts of a veal’s stomach (rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum) and an ox foot.

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Sea fish

Sea bream 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

Pélardon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a natural rind.

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Veal

Veal shank slice with cider

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Cooked meats

Charcuterie board

Assortment of cold meats and charcuterie.

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Poultry

Bresse capon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cooked meats

Grilled andouillette with shallots skewers

Andouillette cooked with dry white wine, butter, and shallots.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spices

Pair according to the hotness of the spices.

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Cold starters

Chicken meatloaf stuffed with crayfish

Ballotine : piece of meat, game, fish, or poultry that is deboned, rolled, stuffed, and tied, cooked in a casserole or set in jelly.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled zucchini

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Cheeses

Goat brie cheese

Canada. Ontario.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Beef

Tournedos Rossini and mashed potato with black truffle

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

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