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Meal families

Desserts

Canelé of Bordeaux

Bordeaux speciality.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage with shallots

Sausage cooked with white wine, butter and shallot.

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Desserts

Pear ambassadeur

Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a layer of custard filled with pear and covered with marzipan (usually green).

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Desserts

Peach marquise

Frozen peach dessert.

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Sheep and Goats

Stew of lamb with turnips

Navarin : stew.

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Cooked meats

Young partridge pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Desserts

Praline

Mixture of almonds and caramel and crushed hazelnuts.

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Desserts

Fruit zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Cheeses

Charloe

United States. Ohio.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Poultry

Goose foie gras au torchon

Goose foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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Desserts

Alsatian-style blueberry tart

Alsatian-style : pie with egg-based cream, kirsch, milk, sugar and flour.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Salads

Lyonnaise salad

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Salad made with bacon, poached egg, toasted bread and salad (curly or dandelion) with a vinaigrette dressing (walnut oil and wine vinegar).

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Sea fish

Whole roasted turbot with black truffle juice

Gutted and cooked whole fish (not in fillet).
Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with spring vegetables

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Robiola 3 latti

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont. Langhe.
Soft-ripened cheese from unpasteurised goat's, sheep's and cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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