Cheeses
Pecorino Toscano
Italy. Tuscany.
Semi-hard cheese with sheep’s milk semi-cooked and pressed with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 20 days minimum.
All dishes:
Meal families
Main meals
Fondue normande
Fondue made from soft cheese without the rind (camembert, Livarot, Pont-l'évêque…) with Calvados, cream or milk and shallot.
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Moses Sleeper
United States. California. Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 6 to 12 weeks.
Game animals
Venison fillet 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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Artichokes a la barigoule
A la barigoule : stuffing made from mushrooms and onion braised in olive oil.
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Ardi-gasna
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Sheep cheese with raw milk. The rind is rubbed with a paste made from Espelette peppers.
Shellfish and Seafood
Mussels in cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
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Chateaubriand Vert-pré
Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet..
Vert-pré : maitre d'hotel butter accompanied by watercress
Poultry
Souvarov pigeon wings
Souvarov : stuffing of uncooked foie gras and black truffle cooked in a terrine.
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Manchego semi curado
Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 3 weeks to 3 months.
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Pigouille
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw sheep's milk and mould on the rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.