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Meal families

Cheeses

Tricorne

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Poultry

Young turkey with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with fresh cream, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled noisette of lamb

Noisette : small round piece of lean meat.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mediterranean pizza

Pizza made with eggplant, zucchini, rocket salad, tomato and mozzarella.

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Others

Jambon-fromage

France.
Ham sandwich with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise, with cheese and filled with slices of ham, often pickles.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with meat

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Cooked meats

Cold cut and salad buffet

Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, the guests serve themselves.

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Desserts

Pear and apple crumble with almonds

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Cheeses

Edam demi-étuvé

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Main meals

Burgundy style potée

Mixture of salted meat or pork sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cantonese style fried rice

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Consommé and Soup

Cabbage soup

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Game animals

Saddle of hare with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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Cooked meats

Oreiller de la Belle Aurore

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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Desserts

Trianon

Almond cake covered with a crunchy praline and chocolate mousse.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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