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Meal families

Veal

Roast veal tendron

Tendron : french butcher's cut from the veal breast containing cartilage and layers of fat and meat.

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Cheeses

Prairie sunset

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fried squid rings

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike-perch fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagna with cream and morel mushrooms

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Cooked meats

Brioche with pork rinds

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Allier.
Salted brioche stuffed with pork scratchings (or duck, goose, chicken).

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Cold starters

Meatloaf with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Cheeses

Vieux Boulogne

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.

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Others

Beef pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp cocktail

Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.

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Main meals

Aligot

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Poultry

Duck breast with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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