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Meal families

Cheeses

Veigadarte

Spain. Castile and León.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in oak ash.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Gnocchi

Mixture of wheat flour and potato semolina or durum wheat poached in water and often gratin in the oven with cheese.

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Cheeses

Brocciu passu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.
Ripening : 21 days to 4 months maximum.

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Poultry

Peking duck with sweet spices

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Sea fish

Salmon soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Orval

Belgium.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Cold starters

Vegetables in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Desserts

Red fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Offal and tripe

Tripes à la mode de Caen

France. Normandy.
Stew made with calf's stomach and hoof.

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Cheeses

Pont-l’Evêque

France. Normandy.
Soft cow's milk cheese, square-shaped with a beige or orange rind.

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Appetizers

Vegetable samosa

Samosa : triangular-shaped donut with stuffing and spices (coriander, turmeric) and chili pepper.

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Veal

Blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Poultry

Hot chicken

Spicy fried chicken served on slices of white bread with pickle strips.

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