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Meal families

Cheeses

Saint-Marcellin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère. Savoie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts

Candied pineapple sable and fresh coriander

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Pork

Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Poultry

Chicken with ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Sea fish

Lutefisk

Scandinavia.
Traditional dish made with dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide, and finally soaked again in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.

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Cheeses

Tarentaise reserve cheese

United States. Vermont.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and washed rind.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Citeaux

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte d'Or. Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Braised endives

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cheeses

Cashel blue

Ireland. Tipperary.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano stravecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 36 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed eggplants

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Main meals

Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage

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

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Sauces

Charcutiere sauce

Charcutière sauce  : reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar deglazed with demi-glace (a rich brown stock-based sauce), finished with mustard and julienned pickles.

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Sea fish

Salmon quenelles with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : butter, olive oil, lemon juice and white wine with parsley.

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Cheeses

Monterey Jack

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 1 to 6 months.

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Desserts

Whippet cookie

Dry biscuit topped with dome-shaped marshmallow, all coated in chocolate.
Sometimes, you find a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with Sarlat style potatoes

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Cheeses

Death & Taxes

United States. California.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a beer washed rind (Dark lager).

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