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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.
Cold starters
Black radish and herb butter
Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.
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Quail fillet with sweet spices
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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Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spices
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.
> view pairingsBeef
Roast beef with poivrade sauce
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Shrimp risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
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Christmas pudding
United Kingdom.
A dark-colored Christmas cake, slowly steamed with dried fruits, nuts, brown sugar or molasses, and often beef suet. It is flavored with beer (such as porter or stout), a spirit like brandy, or citrus juice. Traditionally, it is flambéed with cognac or rum before serving.
Cold starters
Blinis with taramasalata
Greece. Turkey.
Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.
Poultry
Chicken with white sauce
White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.
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Frog legs provençal
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.
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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.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Smoked salmon quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
Desserts
Puits d’amour
Round, hollowed-out pastry made from puff or choux pastry, filled with jam (apricot, raspberry, or redcurrant jelly) or pastry cream, and topped with caramel or powdered sugar.
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