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Meal families

Cheeses

Ewe’s blue

United States. New York.
Blue-veined pasteurized ewe's milk cheese.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.

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Main meals

Matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed artichokes with shrimp

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Desserts

Redcurrant pavlova

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.

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Cheeses

Durrus

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 3 to 5 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops terrine

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Poultry

Duck foie gras cooked au torchon

Duck foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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Poultry

Supreme of guinea-fowl with cream

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Lutefisk

Scandinavia.
Traditional dish based on dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide then soaked in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.

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Cheeses

Bleu mont dairy bandaged Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 12 to 24 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster 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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Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte

Rabbit stew with white wine.

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