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Meal families

Pork

Roast pork 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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Cooked meats

Rillettes de Tours

France. Touraine.
Charcuterie dish with shredded meat cooked for a long time over low heat in fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices and Vouvray wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster with americaine sauce

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Desserts

Cherries Jubilee

Poached cherries in syrup and flambéed in kirsch.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère réserve

Switzerland.
Hard unpasteurized cow's whole milk cheese.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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Rabbit

Roast rabbit with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cold starters

Bottarga toast

Botargo : salted and dried mullet eggs.

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Cheeses

Imokilly Regato

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow’s milk hard cheese with a natural rind.
Matured : 9-12 months.

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Sea fish

Marinated anchovies with white wine

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with 40 cloves of garlic

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Salpicon of seafood

Salpicon : preparation hot or cold of ingredients diced and bound by a cream or sauce.

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