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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Bordeaux style sturgeon

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

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Sea fish

Zarzuela

Spain. Catalonia. Valencia.
Mixture of shellfish, crustaceans and fish simmered in a sauce (sofregit) based on olive oil with garlic, herbs, onion, tomato, etc
Like a paella without rice .

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Cheeses

Fourme d’Ambert

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.

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Main meals

Pike-perch matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Appetizers

Lobster butter canapé

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Cheeses

Taupinette charentaise

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente. Roullet-Saint-Estèphe.
Soft-ripened dome-shaped cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind covered in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Cheeses

Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert

United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk, and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks minimum.

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Sea fish

Tuna ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Cheeses

Trappe de Timadeuc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

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Sea fish

Lutefisk

Scandinavia.
Traditional dish made with dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide, and finally soaked again in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.

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Cheeses

Tarentaise cheese

United States. Vermont.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months minimum.

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Veal

Tête de veau with ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Poultry

Roasted capon en demi-deuil

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.

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Salads

Tuna Nicoise salad

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Crudités salad with tuna, hard-boiled eggs and olive oil.
Do not serve fine wine.

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