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Meal families

Desserts

Pear marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Cheeses

Shropshire blue

United Kingdom.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 10 to 12 weeks.

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Sea fish

Salmon in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Desserts

Brussels waffle

Rectangular waffle dusted with powdered sugar and served warm.
Can be topped with whipped cream, red berries, or chocolate spread.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with pomegranate

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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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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Desserts

Peach shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : small dry cake topped with a layer of fruit, syrup, and whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Pierre Robert

France. Île de France. Seine-et-Marne. Tournan-en-Brie.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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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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Others

Almas caviar

Caviar from Iran.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Livarot cheese tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini flan

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Desserts

Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream

Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.

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