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Meal families

Cheeses

Bouyguette

France. Occitania. Tarn.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind adorned with a sprig of rosemary.

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Sea fish

Sea bream a la provencale

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Consommé and Soup

Frog legs veloute

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Cheeses

Claquebitou

France. Burgundy.
Fresh goat cheese.

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon in a beurre blanc sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Sauces

Aioli sauce

Provencal sauce.
Emulsion of garlic and olive oil, sometimes with egg yolk and lemon juice.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with crayfish

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

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Cheeses

Rupert reserve

United States. Vermont.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Desserts

Strawberries and cream with Grand-Marnier

Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Desserts

Savarin with raspberry

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Main meals

Cheese fondue

Switzerland.
Dish based hard cheeses (Beaufort, Comté, Swiss Gruyere, Vacherin Fribourg).

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Beef

Roast beef 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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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Patrão

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 16 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blintz with salmon and shirred eggs

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