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Meal families

Cheeses

Chambarand

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Isère.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Warm starters

Vol-au-vent financiere

Vol-au-vent : hollow case for several people (diameter of at least 15 centimeters) of puff pastry with meat, sweetbreads, fish, crustaceans, snails, mushrooms mixed in a sauce (bisque, béchamel sauce with cream, Nantua sauce…).
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) with the addition of Madeira and truffle essence.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fouras mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish with bouchot mussels and garlic, bouquet garni, Charentes butter, cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks and Pineau des Charentes (or dry white wine of Charentes or Cognac).

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