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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Bananas flambé

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with thyme

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Cheeses

Fribourg

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Bethmale

France. Occitania. Ariège. (Pyrénées ariégeoises)
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Cheeses

Vintage clothbound Cheddar

United Kingdom. Devon.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 24 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil

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

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Cheeses

Comté fruité

France. Franche-Comté.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.

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Miscellaneous

Pinchitos

Spain. Andalusia. Extremadura.
Skewers of small cubes of marinated meat (usually pork or chicken) threaded on a skewer and cooked over charcoal braziers.
he marinade is made with olive oil, aromatic herbs, spices (garlic, cumin, turmeric, oregano, paprika, pepper, thyme, etc), and salt.

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Cheeses

Emmental

Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Cooked pressed cow’s milk cheese

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Veal

Veal grenadine with porcini mushrooms and potatoes

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Cheeses

Rigotte de Condrieu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a natural rind colored with annatto.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Almond biscuits

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Main courses

Fish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

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Main courses

Spicy gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.

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