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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette in a gingerbread crust

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Honey ice cream

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Main meals

Tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed flageolet beans

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Cheeses

Fiscalini bandaged Cheddar

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind, straw-yellow in color and wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 18 to 30 months.

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Desserts

Puits d’amour

Round, hollowed-out pastry made from puff or choux pastry, filled with jam (apricot, raspberry, or redcurrant jelly) or pastry cream, and topped with caramel or powdered sugar.

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Eggs

Peasant omelette

Omelet with mushrooms, bacon, potatoes and Comté cheese.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morel cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Cheeses

Bête-À-Séguin

Canada. Quebec. Isle-aux-Grues.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Duck pie

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fennel and salmon tart

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Sauces

Black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Veal

Wiener Schnitzel

Veal coated in breadcrumbs and fried.

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Poultry

Teriyaki chicken

Teriyaki : grilled or roasted food in a sauce made up of mirin, sake and soy sauce.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Spice ice cream

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Cheeses

Chavroux

Fresh cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk.

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Desserts

Strawberry trifle

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

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with Sarlat style potatoes

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

White asparagus tart

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops cassolette porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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