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Meal families

Cooked meats

Mallard terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Veal

Braised veal shank

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Desserts

Mirabelle crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Sea fish

Goujonnettes of sole with rosemary

Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.

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Beef

Steak au poivre

Beef meat flambéed in Cognac and served with peppercorn sauce flavored with white wine, Marsala or Porto and possibly accompanied by mustard.

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Desserts

Blueberry pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : Pasta stuffed and cooked in boiling water.
Served hot or cold.

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Cheeses

Quicke’s Vintage

United Kingdom. Devon.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in muslin cloth.
Ripening : 24 months.

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Desserts

Far Breton

France. Brittany.
Dessert made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Main meals

Baeckeoffe

France. Alsace.
Dish of potatoes, meat and vegetables cooked with spices and white wine.

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Poultry

Duck Apicius

Duck with honey and spices.

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Cheeses

Estrella La Peral

Spain. Asturias.
Pasteurized cow's milk blue cheese.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Sauces

Mint sauce

Mint sauce : vinegar with sugar and chopped mint leaves.

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