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Meal families

Cheeses

Old Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 12 to 18 months.

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Cheeses

Idyll gris

United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Ripening : 12 to 21 days.

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Cold starters

Tomatoes with tomato

Tomatoes stuffed with a tomato tartare.

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Cheeses

Boursin

France.
Fresh pasteurized cow's milk cheese flavored with garlic and herbs.

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Desserts

Walnut mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavored buttercream.

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Poultry

Young turkey with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Two peppers pizza

Pizza with yellow and red bell peppers and mozzarella.

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Poultry

Duck a l’orange

A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.

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Sheep and Goats

Beef irish stew

Ireland.
Beef stew with carrots, onions, and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

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Poultry

Roasted duckling with Rouen sauce

Duckling : young duck.
Rouen sauce : cider or full-bodied red wine reduced with shallots sweated in butter, combined with brown veal stock, parsley, salt, and pepper, and thickened with a purée of chicken liver.

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Poultry

Stuffed fattened chicken

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Others

Shish kebab

Mediterranean cuisine.
Skewersed grilled or roasted meat.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sea-pie

Canada. Quebec.
Meat pie with layers of pastry and assorted meats (beef, chicken, hare, moose, partridge, pork and veal or a simpler combination of these meats).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Sea fish

Sea bass Nice style

Nice-style : fish cooked with garlic, anchovies, capers, onion, olives, tomato sauce, and a herb bouquet.

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