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Cheeses

Clothbound Cheddar

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Eggs in snow with raspberry

Eggs in snow : egg whites shaped with a spoon and poached in simmering milk or very hot water, accompanied by crème anglaise and generally topped with caramel.

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Cheeses

Trifecta

United States. New York.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep’s and cow's milk with a beer-washed rind (Saison).
Ripening : 2 years.

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Seafish

Roasted cod fillets with lemon butter sauce

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Black truffle stuffed saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Sauces

Provençal sauce

Provençal sauce : crushed tomatoes and a garlic clove sautéed in oil.

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Cheeses

Tomme de chèvre

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from goat's milk.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.
Served cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants

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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

Romans

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Romans-sur-Isère.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Fromage de Herve

Belgium. Limburger.
Pasteurized Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Seafish

Citrus gravlax salmon

Gravlax : fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices, and herbs, cured with salt and sugar, served with a mustard sauce.

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Feathered game

Larded quail

To lard : to insert small pieces of bacon or cured ham into meat.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops with citrus fruits

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Far breton

France. Brittany.
Dessert made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.

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