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Meal families

Cheeses

Paški sir

Croatia. Pag.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagna alla Bolognese

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Seafish

John Dory with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Duck pithivier

Puff pastry pie filled with duck confit, duck foie gras, mushrooms, onions, and a touch of whisky.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pineapple vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Feathered game

Young partridge salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Strawberry pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Stuffed with sour cream, sugar, and strawberry.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple bourdaloue

Apple and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macaroons.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Macarons

Cupcakes made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fines de claire oyster

Fines de claire : oysters matured for 4 -8 weeks in oyster ponds.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Oreillettes

France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Variety of fritter with thin and crispy batter often flavored with orange blossom water and dusted with powdered sugar.

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Cheeses

Cave aged marisa

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Cold starters

Ham aspic

Slice of ham around an egg in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Cheeses

Verano

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 6 months.

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Cheeses

Caillebotte

France. Brittany. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country. Poitou-Charentes. Pays de la Loire.
Cow's milk curdled with rennet.

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