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Meal families

Cheeses

Shepherd’s delight

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Ricotta cannelloni

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Cheeses

Moody blue

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom cannelloni

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with pomegranate

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

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

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

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano vecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 18 to 24 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked green bell pepper

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Sea fish

Stockfish

Cod salted then air-dried.

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