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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Casse-museau

France. Occitania. Tarn. Brassac.
Crispy brioche made with sheep’s milk and a molten heart.

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Cheeses

Vézelay

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne. Vézelay.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 7 to 11 days.

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Cured Meats

Rillettes de Tours

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Cold cut made from shredded pork meat, slowly cooked over low heat in fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices, and Vouvray wine.

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Poultry

Duck leg salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fontainebleau with raspberries

Fontainebleau : dessert made with fresh cow's milk cheese and whipped cream.

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Offal and tripe

Grilled merguez

Merguez : sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with seasonings (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili…).

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Seafish

Salmon in parchment with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Wild strawberries mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with porcini mushrooms

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Crema catalana

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Poultry

Bresse fattened chicken en demi deuil

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.

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Cured Meats

Hare pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with lemon

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Veal

Blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with endive fondue

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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