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Meal families

Cheeses

Emmental

Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Cooked pressed cow’s milk cheese

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Appetizers

Fish tartare with lemon and herbs bites

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels and vin jaune sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with potatoes

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

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Choucroute garnie

Cooked sauerkraut served with cured meats, meat, and potatoes, accompanied by Alsatian beer or Alsace white wine.

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Veal

Veal chop with bolognaise sauce

Bolognese sauce : meat-based sauce with soffritto (the Italian version of a mirepoix) made from onion, celery, and carrot. The various meats are minced or finely chopped and slow-cooked.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Warm starters

Soufflé

Served hot.

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio

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

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with thyme

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Desserts

Far breton with prunes

Far : traditional custard cake from Brittany made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.

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Cooked meats

Lorraine paté with garden salad

France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Baccarat.
Puff pastry filled with pork neck and veal knuckle marinated in wine (white, rosé, or red) with shallots, bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.
Served hot.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with ivory sauce

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

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Main meals

Tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cheeses

Trillium

United States. Indiana.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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