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Meal families

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

Molten dark chocolate cake

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Cheeses

Verano

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 6 months.

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Others

Lamb pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with thinly sliced lamb, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Cheeses

Tres leches

Spain. Asturias.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with a virgin olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Pork

Pork crépinettes with apple

Crépinettes : minced pork wrapped in caul fat.

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Cheeses

Le berger basque

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with herbs

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles and bay scallop cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Desserts

Milk pastilla

Phyllo pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream flavored with orange blossom water.

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Cheeses

Romans

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Romans-sur-Isère.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop tartare with citrus

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Main meals

Sashimi

Thin slices of raw fish or shellfish.

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