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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Tripes à la mode de Caen

France. Normandy.
Stew made with calf's stomach and hoof.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with spring vegetables

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Desserts

Douillon à la pomme

Francia. Normandy.
Cored apple stuffed with granulated sugar with a teaspoon of Calvados and butter or jam for the children, baked in a shortcrust or puff pastry.

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Cheeses

Brie de Melun

France. Brie. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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Pork

Parsley ham

Ham sliced in cubes cooked in a broth with white Burgundy wine with mustard and wine vinegar, jelly with parsley coated and flavored (with onion, shallot, thyme, bay leaves, garlic...).

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Cheeses

Délice de Bourgogne

France. Burgundy. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with morel sauce

Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Cheeses

Hafod

United Kingdom. Wales.
Hard pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind.
Ripening : 10 to 18 months.

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Desserts

Fruit blancmange

Blanc-manger : milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, potato flour or cornflour.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with honey

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Desserts

Exotic fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio with lime

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Cold starters

Fish in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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