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Meal families

Cheeses

Roncal

Spain. Navarre.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed with a colour ivory white or pale yellow and a blue-grey natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Sea fish

Hake fillets with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Game animals

Salmi of venison

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Desserts

Paris-Brest

Ring-shaped pastry made of choux pastry and a praline flavoured cream with sliced almonds.

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Cheeses

Fuzzy wheel

United States. Vermont.
Raw cow and goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.

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Warm starters

Seafood vol-au-vent

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…).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster gratin cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cold starters

Zakuski

Russia.
Hors-d'œuvre served as starter to a meal (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol, salads…).

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Desserts

Gugelhupf

Bundt cake which contains raisins, almonds and Kirsch cherry brandy, sometimes candied fruits and nuts.

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Sheep and Goats

Noisette of lamb with herbs

Noisette : small round piece of lean meat.

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Consommé and Soup

Pauchouse

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Speciality made with fresh-water fish pieces (pike, perch, pike-perch) and fatty fish (eel, carp, salmon, tench, trout) cooked with white wine sauce and accompanied by croutons, bacon and potatoes.

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Cheeses

Camembert affiné au cidre

Camembert bathed for fifteen days in Norman Cider.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini tian

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