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Meal families

Cheeses

Nancy’s Hudson valley camembert

United States. New York.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized sheep's milk, cow's milk and cow's cream with a bloomy rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini Bordeaux style

Porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.

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Cheeses

Munster

France. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Desserts

Douillon à la poire

France. Normandy.
Cored pear stuffed with granulated sugar with a teaspoon of Calvados and butter or jam for the children, baked in a shortcrust or puff pastry.

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Cheeses

Bayley hazen blue

United States. Vermont.
Semi-hard blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.

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Desserts

Strawberry 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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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano joven

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : over 5 months.

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Poultry

Duck daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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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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Veal

Blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Ginger shrimp

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Sea fish

Sea bass in salt crust in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood pancake

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Poultry

Chicken with ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken soup with cream) with chicken or veal stock reduced.

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