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Ice cream and sorbets
Banana split
Frozen dessert traditionally made of a banana cut lengthwise, surrounding three scoops of ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry in France or three scoops of vanilla in Belgium), all topped with hot chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
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Villageois cendré
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind covered in culinary vegetable ash.
Sea fish
Skate with black butter sauce
Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).
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Pike quenelles with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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Roasted leg of lamb with rosemary
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Desserts
Chocolate and orange 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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Grilled beef with spring vegetables
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
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Coffee merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Cheeses
Bresse bleu
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Desserts
Praline macarons
Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.
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Poutine
Canada. Quebec.
French fries and fresh cheddar cheese curds topped with brown gravy.
Demi-glace (brown sauce) : reduced sauce made from brown stock and tomato purée.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted milk-fed lamb with savory
Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.
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Coolea with cumin seed
Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with cumin seed.
Ripening : 6 months.
Sea fish
Capon in a salt crust
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
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