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Meal families

Cheeses

Glacier blue

United States. Washington.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 75 days.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Bananas Foster

Flambéed bananas with vanilla ice cream and a sauce made of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.

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Cheeses

Cabécou

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Occitania. Aveyron, Rouergue. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne.
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.

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Seafish

Sole with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavored buttercream.

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Sauces

Winegrower sauce

Vigneronne sauce : red wine reduction with shallots and butter.

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Cured Meats

Leverpostej

Sweden.
Pork liver pâté with lard.

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Cheeses

Clothbound Cheddar

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Seafish

Sea bass with orange sauce

Spain. Valencia.
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with honey

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Freshwater fish

Trout almondine with meuniere sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Beef

Roasted beef cut with pepper sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules mariniere pot

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Pork

Roast pork leg slice

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Newberg

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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Cheeses

Old Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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