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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken galantine

Mixture of meat and bacon sliced or chopped then boiled.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dolma

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Offal and tripe

Lamb kidneys and white wine

Kidneys cooked in oil before simmered in wine.

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Beef

Rib steak with fleur de sel

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

Santranges

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blintz and potatoes with bacon

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Eggs

Provencal style poached eggs

Poached eggs with garlic, onion, parsley, tomato and bread.

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Main meals

Tuna sushi

Sushi : cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roast lobster

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Cheeses

Le Trou du Cru

Commercial soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with a washed rind with marc de Bourgogne.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Sea fish

Cold salmon mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Sea fish

Baked sea bream with Bercy sauce

Bercy sauce : Reduction of chopped shallots with peppercorns mixed with white wine with meat glaze and whipped with butter.

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Cheeses

Crozier blue

Ireland. County Tipperary.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 11 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with thyme

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato cake with black truffle

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