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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cumin-spiced roasted carrots

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Cooked meats

Smoked ham and potato rösti

Rösti : potato pancake.

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Cheeses

Saint-Antoine

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Sea fish

Sea bass with herbes de Provence in a beurre blanc sauce

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

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé topped with caramel

Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with garlic cream

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Main meals

Chicken raviole and consommé with black truffle

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads

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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Sea fish

Roasted turbot with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Sea fish

Bordeaux style shad

Bordeaux or Bordelaise style : with shallots, parsley, and red wine.

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Cheeses

Clothbound Cheddar

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Main meals

Chicken waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

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Desserts

Petit four glacé

Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.

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Main meals

Eel matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Dorset

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.

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Desserts

Rice Condé

Rice pudding with a sugar-egg mixture added at the end of cooking.

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