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Meal families

Cheeses

Trillium

United States. Indiana.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed crab

Stuffed crab with bread and bacon.

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Others

Provençal style snails

Snails with aioli sauce or tomato sauce.

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Cheeses

Humboldt Fog

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash and a thin line of ash in the center.
Ripening : 2 months.

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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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Consommé and Soup

Pistou soup

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Vegetable soup with pistou sauce.

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Appetizers

Prawn ring

Ring : arranged in a circle.

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Desserts

Baerewecke

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Bread with dried and candied fruits marinated in alcohol.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Main meals

Moussaka

Balkans. Middle East.
Dish composed of layers of minced lamb, eggplant, onions and tomatoes.

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Desserts

Fruit zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Sauces

Green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pissaladiere

Bread dough topped with onions (caramelized or puréed), olives, garlic and anchovies.

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Cheeses

Veigadarte

Spain. Castile and León.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in oak ash.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Desserts

Peach bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed oyster mushrooms

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