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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Calf’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Sauces

Remoulade sauce

Remoulade sauce : mayonnaise with capers, gherkins and mixed herbs (parsley, chives, chervil and tarragon).

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Desserts

Chocolate and orange trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Game animals

Haunch of venison with huntsman sauce

Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.

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Cheeses

Fourme de Montbrison

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire. Montbrison.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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Beef

Rib steak with celeriac purée

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cooked meats

Cold cuts plate

Assortment of cold meats and charcuterie.

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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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Desserts

Dark chocolate mirror cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Cheeses

Savaron

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Auvergne.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind.
Similar to Saint-Nectaire but produced outside the designated appellation area.

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Poultry

Braised pigeon

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

Camembert affiné au cidre

Camembert soaked for fifteen days in Norman cider.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek pie

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Offal and tripe

Sautéed veal kidney with vin jaune sauce

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

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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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Cheeses

L’amour de Nuits

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Main meals

Poutreille

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron.
Stew made with beef, oxtail, pig's trotters, aromatics…, marinated in red wine with vegetables (carrot, mushroom, onion, leek, potato, etc.) and simmered for a long time in the oven, accompanied by a red wine sauce.

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