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Meal families

Cheeses

Vermont Herdsman

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw whole cow's milk with a straw-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with fennel and beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with meunière sauce

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

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Cheeses

Pleasant ridge reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 14 months.

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Desserts

Sugar pie

Belgium. Canada. Quebec. France.
Tart filled with butter, fresh cream and sugar.
The dough varies depending on the origin (Canada : shortcrust pastry).

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Desserts

Diplomat pudding

Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a pastry cream filled with candied fruit and covered with Chantilly cream topped with a candied cherry.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb navarin with black olives

Navarin : stew.

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Desserts

Crème brûlée

Caramel pudding with crunchy caramel topping under an iron broiler or with a flame.

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Game birds

Wood pigeon salmis

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

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with thyme

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

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Desserts

Apricot mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Pork

Boudin blanc with apples

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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Beef

Steak au poivre

Beef flambéed with Cognac and served with a pepper sauce flavored with white wine, Marsala, or Port, and optionally accompanied by mustard.

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Main meals

Shrimp dim sum

Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.

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Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Desserts

Mendiants

Mendiants : chocolate disk garnished with candied fruits and dried fruits (originally almonds, figs, hazelnuts, raisins)

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