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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fresh goat cheese quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Beef

Beef 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

Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pomelo pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Borscht

Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).

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Beef

Roasted beef with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Cured Meats

Andouillette with white wine

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Vacherin

Dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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