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Meal families

Cheeses

Beaufort

France. Savoie.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with 40 cloves of garlic

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Desserts

Cofee and chocolate marquise

Iced chocolate and coffee dessert.

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta tart

Ricotta: Italian or Maltese cheese made from the whey of other cheeses, sheep or cow.

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Cheeses

Vacherin Mont-d’or

Switzerland. Vaud.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salmon pie

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Desserts

Napoléon praline cake

Cake of Russian origin. Variety of praline mille-feuille.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Cooked meats

Venison 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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Cheeses

Bethmale

France. Pyrenees.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Desserts

Savarin with red fruit

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Beef

Grilled beef with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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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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Cheeses

Provolone dolce

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese with veal rennet.

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Cold starters

Tomatoes and tomato

Tomatoes stuffed with tomato tartare

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