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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with cockles

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Others

Creamy garlic snails

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Cheeses

Frinault

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Orléans.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish based on mussels from bouchot with garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or a dry white wine from Charentes or Cognac, depending on the recipe).

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Cheeses

Triple Play Extra Innings

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Cheeses

Old Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 12 to 18 months.

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Main meals

Carbonade flamande

Beef, horse or pork stew with onions cooked with beer.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Apicius pie

Pie with a filling of poultry, honey, and spices.

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Sea fish

Turbot with orange sauce

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

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Salads

Piedmontese salad

France.
Potato salad with pickles, ham, egg, and tomatoes mixed with mayonnaise.

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Sea fish

Salmon 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Abalone

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster medallion Thermidor

Spiny lobster meat with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallot, fish stock and mustard that can be gratinéed.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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