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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops in bitter-sweet

Sweet and sour sauce : tomato sauce with shallots, olive oil and laurel.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rump steak

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Desserts

Cherry gratin with zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Cheeses

Provolone dolce

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese with veal rennet.

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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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Cheeses

Bleu des Causses

France. South of Massif Central. Causses.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese with a orange natural rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Desserts

Profiteroles

Small pastry stuffed with custard or vanilla ice cream often accompanied with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Pear dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Desserts

Raspberry trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Freshwater fish

Gudgeon russian style

Gudgeon cooked in white wine, mixed with gelatine, mayonnaise and broth served with chopped parsley and sometimes a dash of lemon or vinegar.

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