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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tomato

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Game animals

Roasted haunch of venison

Haunch : leg.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.
Served cold.

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Veal

Fricandeau of veal with sorrel sauce

Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Desserts

Croustillons

Deep-fried balls with sugar.

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Sauces

Pistou

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Sauce à base de basilic pilé, d'ail et d'huile d'olive.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Maytag Blue cheese

United States. Iowa.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.

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Cheeses

Gubbeen Extra Mature

Ireland. Cork.
Oak smoked soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind then wrapped in black wax.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal lamb daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelks

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with goat cheese

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Warm round loaf filled with goat cheese.

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