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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and 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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Cheeses

Aiglon aux herbes

France. Grand Est. Vosges.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk aged with Provence herbs, black and white pepper, and bird’s eye chili.
Ripening : 4 months.

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Poultry

Goose confit

Served hot.

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Sauces

Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Desserts

Vatrushka with raisins

Russia. Ukraine.
Brioche-style cake filled with cream cheese, sometimes flavored.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morels with cream

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hummus

Mashed chickpeas and tahini (sesame paste) seasoned with garlic, salt, and lemon juice.
Served with olive oil.

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Pork

Salt pork

Salt-cured pork.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed bay scallops with lemon butter

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge 6 meses

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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Sea fish

Grilled sole with melted butter

Melted butter sauce : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Desserts

Fontainebleau with raspberries

Fontainebleau : dessert made with fresh cow's milk cheese and whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Ewephoria

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Desserts

Pineapple and coconut crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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