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Meal families

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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Pork

Sainte-Menehould style pork trotters

Pork trotters slow-boiled then pan-coated and fried.
This allows them to be eaten entirely (including the bones).

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Desserts

Croquembouche with vanilla custard

Small cream puffs filled with vanilla cream and assembled with caramel.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Iced honey-glazed parfait

Parfait : frozen dessert made with heavy cream, eggs, and a flavoring (alcohol, fresh or dried fruit purée, chocolate, vanilla, etc.).

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Sea fish

Marinated herring dieppoise

Herring poached in a marinade of white wine and vinegar with carrot, celery, and onion, then seasoned with salt, pepper, and flavored with bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.

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Desserts

Redcurrant vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sauces

Red butter sauce

Red butter sauce : shallots and red wine with butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed bay scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Red hawk

United States. California.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow to reddish-orange washed rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine Réserve

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Main meals

Chinese hot pot

Stew made with ingredients placed in a pot and cooked at the table.
Dish with thin slices of meat, leafy vegetables, fish, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, seafood…

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Cheeses

Zamorano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Saffron risotto

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

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb confit with sweet garlic

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

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Cheeses

Chambarand

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Isère.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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