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Meal families

Cheeses

Dorset

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.

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Others

Frog legs cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Pork

Saint-Hubert suckling pig

Saint-Hubert : stuff with chicken breast, pork, veal and smoked bacon, chestnut, onion, leek and potato.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed mussels

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Pork

Diots with lentils

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Others

Shashlik

Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan…
Meat skewers (leg of lamb, sometimes beef or pork), aged and marinated in a flavored vinaigrette.

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Main meals

Matelote with riesling

Matelote : white wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Beef

Braised beef with carrots

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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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Cheeses

Nicasio square

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.

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Desserts

Pineapple vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sea fish

Honey glazed salmon with lemon

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Desserts

Exotic fruit vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken en vessie

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.

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Warm starters

Ziwwelküeche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cardoon with bone marrow

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.

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