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Meal families

Ice cream and sorbets

Apricot sorbet

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Main meals

Tartiflette with Mont d’or

Tartiflette : dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese and bacon.

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Cheeses

Gouda Holland

Netherlands.
Semi-soft whole cow's milk.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak and grenailles potatoes

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Grenailles: small potatoes (diameter between 18 and 35 millimeters).

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with financiere 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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Cheeses

Palet de Bourgogne

France. Burgundy.
Soft cow's milk cheese with the rind dipped in Marc de Bourgogne.

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Desserts

Vanilla charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sea fish

Bouillabaisse

Provençal fish stew. The name of this dish comes from the Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (reduce) : bouille et abaisse.

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Desserts

Chocolate croquembouche

Small pastry puffs with custard or vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate.

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Cheeses

Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage

France. Rhône-Alpes. Dauphiné.
Blue-veined cow's milk cheese.

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Main meals

Venison hachis parmentier

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Sea fish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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