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Meal families

Cheeses

Pouligny Saint-Pierre

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry. Pouligny-saint-pierre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Game animals

Jugged hare Saint-Hubert

Sautéed hare flambéed with Cognac, marinated in red wine with button mushrooms.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid

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Sauces

Mornay sauce

Mornay sauce : béchamel sauce with grated cheese.

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Sheep and Goats

Mutton daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Cheeses

Beaufort d’été

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Type of Beaufort cheese produced from June 1 to October 31.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Poultry

Roasted duckling with Rouen sauce

Duckling : young duck.
Rouen sauce : cider or full-bodied red wine reduced with shallots sweated in butter, combined with brown veal stock, parsley, salt, and pepper, and thickened with a purée of chicken liver.

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Pork

Pork crépinettes

Minced pork wrapped in caul fat.

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Cooked meats

Cochonnailles à la lyonnaise

Cochonnailles : charcuterie.

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Sheep and Goats

Mutton navarin

Navarin : stew.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with thyme

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Cheeses

Pont-l’Evêque

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a white to orange washed rind and square shape.

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Pork

Rethel boudin blanc

France. Grand Est. Ardennes.
White sausage made only from pork meat with milk instead of blood.

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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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