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Meal families

Cheeses

Écume De Wimereux

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Cheeses

Venus

United States. Washington.
Pressed and uncooked raw goat’s and cow’s milk with a golden yellow cider-washed rind.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Main meals

Mont d’or raclette

Raclette : melted cheese served with cold cuts, potatoes and vegetables.

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Desserts

Condé peaches

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with peaches in syrup.

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Salads

Lobster salad with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Picodon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Soft-ripened cheese made goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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Beef

Sukalki

Basque Country.
Beef stew with potatoes and vegetables.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé

Chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Poultry

Pullet with sweet spices

Pullet : female chicken less than 22 weeks of age.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine al ragù

Italy.
Pasta with bolognese sauce.

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Beef

Barbecued rib of beef

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cooked meats

Pork pâté

Served cold.

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Desserts

Charlotte royale

Charlotte made with bavarian cream and ladyfingers.

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Desserts

Apple dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Game birds

Young partridge with black truffle

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Eclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime.
Mussels cooked over a pine needle fire.
Generally eaten with bread and butter.

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Cheeses

Tricycle

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.

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