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Meal families

Cheeses

Pecorino sardo

Italy. Sardinia.
Smoked, pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw sheep’s milk with a natural straw-colored rind.
Ripening : 20 to 60 days.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb and spring garnish

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Salads

Mixed salad

A salad that combines various ingredients in addition to raw, seasoned leafy greens with a vinaigrette.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Whippet cookie

Dry biscuit topped with dome-shaped marshmallow, all coated in chocolate.
Sometimes, you find a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with linden butter

Linden butter sauce : creamed linden infusion, reduced, then buttered.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream a l’unilateral

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Macaroni bolognese

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Desserts

Strawberry shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : small dry cake topped with a layer of fruit, syrup, and whipped cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mounassou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze.
Potato cake with cream, pork and shallots.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle and Parmesan risotto

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster a la nage with beurre blanc sauce

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Beef

Entrecote with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Cheeses

Fried cheese curds

Canada. États-Unis.

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