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Meal families

Desserts

Financier

Rectangular cake made with butter, almond powder, and egg whites.

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Sea fish

Toro

Toro : belly of large tuna.

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Cheeses

Roquefort

France. Occitania. Aveyron. Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
Blue cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Tomme crayeuse

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Annecy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 months minimum.

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Desserts

Pear charlotte with caramel custard

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Poultry

Lemon chicken

Piece of chicken marinated in lemon before cooking.

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Beef

Rump steak with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Cheeses

Cheshire

United Kingdom.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Cooked meats

Goose paté with goose foie gras

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Sea fish

Poached sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Munster

France. Grand Est. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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