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Meal families

Cheeses

Pigouille

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Green asparagus 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Newberg

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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Pork

Porchetta

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Italia.
Deboned suckling pig, stuffed with its own meat and offal with aromatics (garlic, bay leaf) and roasted over a wood fire.
Eaten cold, sliced or pan-fried with oil and tomato.

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Desserts

Orange bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Poultry

Chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with sweet spices

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

Black truffle

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Sea fish

Turbot with Champagne 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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Cheeses

Soumaintrain refined with blackcurrant and blackcurrant liqueur

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soumaintrain stuffed with blackcurrant berries soaked in blackcurrant liqueur.
Ripening : 2 to 3 days.

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Cheeses

Patachouffe

Belgium.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a beer-washed rind.

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Offal and tripe

Abignades

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Chalosse.
Goose tripe cooked with the animal’s blood.
Served on toasted bread with goose fat.

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