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Meal families

Cheeses

Villageois

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Pork

Roast pork with Stilton

Roast pork filled with Stilton cheese.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Desserts

Zimtsterne

France. Alsace.
Soft almond biscuit.

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Sauces

Anchovy puree

Sauce made of garlic, anchovy, capers and olive oil.

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Cooked meats

Young partridge pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Kunik

United States. New York.
Triple cream pasteurized goat's and cow’s milk cheese with a white mould rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables à la croque au sel

A la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, for example radishes.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Scallop tart

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Main meals

Morvandelle pote

Mixture of pork meat and cured meats, carrot, cabbage, turnip, leek, potatoes baked in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Beef

Pastrami

Beef salted, smoked and cut in thin slices.

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Sea fish

Grilled shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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