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Meal families

Cheeses

Off Kilter

United States. Washington.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind with beer (Scotch ale).

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Cheeses

Savaron

France. Auvergne.
Soft cheese from pasteurized or unpasteurised cow's milk.
Produced outside the Saint-Nectaire AOC region.

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Main meals

Moitie-Moitie fondue

Mont d'or cheese fondue with gruyère.

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Desserts

Pear zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes pinzimonio

Pinzimonio : raw vegetables soaked with seasoned olive oil.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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Poultry

Duck Apicius

Duck with honey and spices.

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Beef

Beef braised in red wine

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Veal

Spring sautéed veal

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops with rosemary

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Beef

Bordeaux style beef fillet with duck foie gras

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Desserts

Crepe Suzette

Pancake with butter and caramel sauce, tangerine or orange juice, zest and Grand Marnier or Curacao.

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