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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Duck pithivier

Puff pastry pie filled with duck confit, duck foie gras, mushrooms, onions, and a touch of whisky.

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Cheeses

Comté vieux

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 15 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Selles-sur-Cher

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Selles-sur-Cher.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and bloomy rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 10 to 30 days.

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Desserts

Savarin with red berries

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Main meals

Tartiflette

Gratin dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese and bacon bits, baked with Reblochon cheese.

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Cooked meats

Rillettes

Pork meat slowly cooked over low heat in its own fat.
Served cold.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Cheeses

Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert

United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk, and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks minimum.

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Warm starters

White truffle raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron with garlic cream

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops skewers with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Cheese pie

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Cheeses

Tricycle

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cooked meats

Young partridge pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Poultry

Braised pigeon

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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