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Meal families

Cheeses

Ocooch Mountain

United States. Wisconsin.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 3-4 months.

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Cold starters

Meatloaf with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Apple sorbet

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Cheeses

Gratte-paille

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple cream cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Pork

Porchetta

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Italia.
Boneless suckling pig, stuffed with its flesh and offal with herbs (garlic, bay leaf) roasted over a wood fire.
Eat cold, sliced ​​or fried with oil and tomato.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb and polenta

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

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Cheeses

Death & Taxes

United States. California.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with washed rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with citrus

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Sauces

Maitre d’hotel butter

Softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.

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Desserts

Queen of Sheba cake

Chocolate and almond cake.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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Cheeses

Olivet

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Olivet.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Desserts

Mirabelle crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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