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Meal families

Cheeses

Abondance

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Abondance.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with olives

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Cheeses

Bohemian blue

United States. Wisconsin.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Sea fish

Sea bass and salmon tartare with sorrel sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Desserts

Peach trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Freshwater fish

Stuffed trout

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Desserts

Paris-Brest

Pastry in the shape of a crown, made of choux pastry filled with praline mousseline cream and topped with flaked almonds.

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Cold starters

Pike mousseline with crawfish sauce

Mousseline : light culinary preparation to which whipped cream is added.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Meat lasagna

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Desserts

Griottines yule log

Griottines : cherries macerated in a kirsch liqueur.

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Beef

Orange beef

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb in salt crust

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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