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Meal families

Poultry

Bresse capon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Offal and tripe

Lyon-style gras-double

Gras-double : tripe cooked with onions.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Smoked salmon lasagna with mixed herbs

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Cheeses

Twig farm washed rind wheel

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s and cow’s milk with a golden yellow cider lees washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 months.

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Desserts

Raspberry bavarian cream

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

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Poultry

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori : meat or fish marinated and coated in yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of assorted meats, oven-baked in a pastry crust and set in natural gelatin.
Served cold.

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Main meals

Oriental-style lamb meatballs

Oriental style : with spices.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with clams and toasted bread

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Cheeses

Saint-Paulin

Canada. France.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Desserts

Cherry scones

United Kingdom. Scotland.
Small sweet cake or loaf made with oat, wheat, or barley flour and leavening.

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Cheeses

Pierre Robert

France. Île de France. Seine-et-Marne. Tournan-en-Brie.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Oka ashed

Canada. Quebec.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.

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Main meals

Dim sum shrimp

Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.

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Cheeses

Camembert affiné au cidre

Camembert soaked for fifteen days in Norman cider.

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Desserts

Floating island

Beaten egg whites baked in a mold, in the oven and in a bain-marie, accompanied by crème anglaise.
Generally topped with caramel.

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