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Meal families

Cooked meats

Rillettes de Tours

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Cold cut made from shredded pork meat, slowly cooked over low heat in fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices, and Vouvray wine.

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Desserts

Strawberry egg custard

Boiled milk poured over beaten eggs and baked in the oven.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Sawtooth

United States. Washington.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 60 to 75 days.

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Cheeses

Fougerus

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind decorated with a fern leaf.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Desserts

Chocolate soufflé with vanilla custard

Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Sauces

Spiny lobster butter

Spiny lobster meat with butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with garlic cream

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pepperoni pizza

United States.
Pizza made with basil, mozzarella, tomato, olive oil, and pepperoni (a sausage made from a mixture of beef and pork, sometimes turkey, with paprika or another chili pepper).

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Pork

Pork crépinettes with apple

Crépinettes : minced pork wrapped in caul fat.

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Poultry

Chicken in 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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