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Meal families

Cheeses

Jeffs’ Select Gouda

United States. Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Beef

Beef cheek daube with red wine and braised endive

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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Others

Lamb and beef gyros

Gyros: greek sandwich, derived from the döner kebab, with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce on pita bread.

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Main meals

Scallop and shrimp raviole with paprika

Paprika sauce : velouté reduced with cream, veal sauce, onion and paprika.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with juniper berries

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Desserts

Pineapple charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Main meals

Potjevleesch

French flemish. Meats of chicken, rabbit, pork and veal, set in jelly or fat and served cold with fries and pickled vegetables.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote cooked over vine shoots with porcini Bordeaux style

Porcini Bordeaux style : porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.

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Veal

Provencal rack of veal

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

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Main meals

Beef cheek hachis parmentier with black truffle

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Cheeses

Valençay

France. Centre. Berry.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with garlic and thyme

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

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Cheeses

Ricotta

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

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