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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate pavé topped with caramel

Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Fruits

Cherries and mascarpone

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

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with red wine sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Beef

Provençal-style beef estouffade

Estouffade : long cooking in liquid over low heat in a closed container.

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Appetizers

Lobster butter canapé

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Cheeses

Salers

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.

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Cheeses

Camembert

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Spice ice cream

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flammekueche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, bacon bits, and onions.

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Cheeses

Fiumorbù

France. Corsica.
Soft-ripened cheese made from sheep's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 5 months.

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Cheeses

Cheddar

United Kingdom (Cheddar, Somerset).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
The packaging usually specifies the intensity of the cheese (mild, medium, strong, extra-strong, , etc) and sometimes the maturation (young, matured, old, vintage, , etc).
Ripening : 3 to 24 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Vegetables 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

Tarentaise cheese

United States. Vermont.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months minimum.

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