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Meal families

Cheeses

Glacier blue

United States. Washington.
Blue-veined raw cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 75 days.

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Pork

Diots with cabbage

Diot : minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Picante

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 9 months.

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Boerenkaas

Netherlands.
Semi-soft raw whole cow’s milk cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Asparagus with maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : hollandaise sauce base flavored with the juice of blood oranges and garnished with blanched orange zest.

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Cheeses

Rupert

United States. Vermont.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind.
Ripening : 8 months.

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Veal

Roast veal tenderloin

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Cooked meats

Rillons

France. Touraine.
Pork belly browned and confit in fat.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Octopus galician style

Galician style : octopus cooked in boiling water and cut into slices of one centimeter thick covered with olive oil, salt and sprinkled with paprika or chili.
Served with boiled potatoes.

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Desserts

Peach shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : sweet cake covered with a layer of fruit, juice and whipped cream.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with béarnaise sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Cheeses

Pleasant ridge reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 14 months.

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