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Meal families

Cheeses

Humboldt Fog

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash and a thin line of ash in the center.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Leeks vinaigrette

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Desserts

Peach bourdaloue

Peach and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macarons.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Chicken pie

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with maitre d’hotel butter

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette

Pre-cooked sausage usually made from pork intestine (intestine and stomach), sometimes from veal (veal sweetbread), never smoked, to be pan-fried, oven-heated, or grilled.
Served hot.

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Cold starters

Sea bass and red tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with sweet spices

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichoke hearts

Pairing possible if little or no vinegar.

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Cheeses

Edam demi-étuvé

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Game birds

Roast young partridge with porcini mushrooms

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Cheeses

Chavroux

Fresh cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Macaroni gratin

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