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Meal families

Desserts

Rose des sables with chocolate milk

Rose des sables : cornflakes coated with chocolate.

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Poultry

Duck breast with chocolate sauce

Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallots, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Semi-cooked or semi-hard pressed raw whole cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Caerphilly

United Kingdom. Wales.
Hard pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with white hard pressed paste and a natural white rind.

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Main meals

Gratin dauphinois with black truffle

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Beef

Rib steak with porcini

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Salads

Mixed salad

Salad with various foods in addition to raw vegetables seasoned with herbs and vinaigrette.

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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini

Cooked à la goutte de sang : fast cooking of meat moderately high for there to be surface coloration of the flesh but the interior remains red.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Roquefort croustade

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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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Desserts

Rhubarb 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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Cheeses

Pavé du Nord jeune

France. Nord. Pas de Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with garlic

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cheeses

Old Mimolette

France. Nord Pas de Calais. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese annatto colored.
Ripening : 12 to 18 months.

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Consommé and Soup

Borscht

Ukraine.
Soup with beetroot, mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomato) and meat (beef, pork or chicken).

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