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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Roasted pike-perch fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Cheeses

Weisslacker

Germany. Baviera. United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.

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Fruits

Cherries and mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère bio réserve

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes and complying with the requirements of the « Bio Suisse » label.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Maytag Blue cheese

United States. Iowa.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Poultry

Grilled duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster gratin cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb confit

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Pork

Pork fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white 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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Desserts

Baklava

Balkans. Bulgaria. Greece. North Africa. Middle East. Turkey…
Dessert made of several layers of thin phyllo dough sheets separated with melted butter or oil, in which there is a mixture of dried fruits (hazelnuts, walnuts, or pistachios), sometimes finely ground and crushed spices (cloves), then immersed in a sweet liquid (water with lemon juice, orange blossom, honey, rose, etc).

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