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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tourangelle-style tart

Rillons : pieces of pork meat confit in its own fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices and sometimes: garlic, parsley, vinegar.

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Cheeses

Trillium

United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened triple cream pasteurized cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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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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Poultry

Pigeon en vessie with cream sauce

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Main meals

Sea tartiflette

Dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese, seafood and fishes.

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Cheeses

Ovelha amanteigado

Portugal. Beira Alta.
Soft-ripened raw sheep's milk with washed rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Duck pie

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Cheeses

Saint-Antoine

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple cream cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb 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

Hare a la royale pâté

A la royale : long cooked with red wine and Cognac and served boned.

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Cheeses

Yorkshire Wensleydale

United Kingdom. Wales.
Pasteurized cow's and ewes milk cheese with a white hard pressed paste.

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Warm starters

Snails in puff pastry

Dish made with puff pastry.

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Cheeses

Creamy Lancashire

United Kingdom. Lancashire.
Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a pale yellow natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 4 weeks.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Apple sorbet

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