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Meal families

Veal

Amourettes with morel mushrooms and potatoes

Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pepperoni pizza

United States.
Pizza made with basil, mozzarella, tomato, olive oil, and pepperoni (a sausage made from a mixture of beef and pork, sometimes turkey, with paprika or another chili pepper).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Brussels sprouts gratin

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Sea fish

Blanquette of turbot

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

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Beef

Beef tenderloin with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Cheeses

Crozier blue

Ireland. County Tipperary.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 11 months.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl and wild mushrooms

Forest mushrooms : wild mushrooms (morel, chanterelle, porcini) sauteed in butter and steamed with fried bacon.

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Extra

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Black label.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spices

Pair according to the hotness of the spices.

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Poultry

Grilled chicken supreme

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Cheeses

Saingorlon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Kachkéis

Luxembourg.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with spring vegetables

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Warm starters

Vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).

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Main meals

Baeckeoffe

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish made with potatoes, meats, and mixed vegetables, slowly cooked with spices and white wine.

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