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Meal families

Eggs

Meurette sauce

Meurette sauce : based on red wine with bacon and onion compote.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable tian

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed flageolet beans

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Appetizers

Hot dog

Elongated bread stuffed with a cooked sausage and a seasoning (chutney, ketchup, mustard, onion, etc.).

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Cheeses

Pavin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Appetizers

Tomato bruschetta

Grilled bread rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil and salt, served with tomato and basil.

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Cheeses

Off Kilter

United States. Washington.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a beer-washed rind (Scotch ale).

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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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Sea fish

Grilled darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Desserts

Pineapple boat

Boat : a hollowed-out fruit or vegetable, filled and presented in the shape of a small boat.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with porcini mushrooms

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Main meals

Young wild boar daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Appetizers

Stuffed olives

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Others

Sterlet caviar

Russian caviar.

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Sauces

Shrimp sauce

Shrimp sauce : fish velouté mixed with shrimp butter.

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Desserts

Peach turnover

Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.

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Cheeses

St. Malachi

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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