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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with wild mushrooms

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Cheeses

Robiola 3 latti

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont. Langhe.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's, goat’s and cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Sea fish

Poached sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cooked meats

Grenier médocain

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Médoc.
Andouille made from pork stomachs, intestines, and strips of ham, cooked in a garlicky, spiced vegetable broth.

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Game birds

Roasted wood pigeon salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fish pizza

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Desserts

Fruit bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Desserts

Framboisier cake

Cake made with raspberries, sponge cake and cream.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Veal

Veal rump steack with morel mushrooms and a cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Strawberry miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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