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Hamburger

Dish originating in Germany.
Sandwich consisting of two bruns topped with minced meat (beef) with raw vegetables, salad, condiments (pickle, onion) and a sauce.

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Beef

Grilled beef with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Sauces

Mushroom sauce

Sauce composed of a white or a brown sauce with mushrooms and other ingredients (butter, condiments, veal or poultry stock, wine, etc.).

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Cheeses

Bethmale de chèvre

France. Pyrenees. Ariège.
Semi-hard pasteurized goat's milk cheese de pasta prensada no cocida with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 4 months.

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Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Cheeses

Ocooch Mountain

United States. Wisconsin.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 3-4 months.

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Cooked meats

Macon-style small andouillette sausage

Small chitterling sausage with shallot, mushroom, white wine and mustard.

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Salads

Langoustines salad in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffled potato cake

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Beef

Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Cheeses

Zamorano artesano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Hard raw ewe's milk cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Others

Chop suey

Meat (beef, pork or chicken) or shrimps cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, bean sprouts) bound with a starch-thickened sauce.
Usually served with rice.

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