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Meal families

Desserts

Savarin with whipped cream

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Cheeses

Kunik

United States. New York.
Triple cream pasteurized goat's and cow’s milk cheese with a white mould rind.

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Poultry

Roast duck with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Beef

Braised rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Sheep and Goats

Spit-roasted leg of lamb with tarragon

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

Seafood risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Desserts

Macarons of Saint-Emilion

Sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, sugar, almonds and bitter almonds.

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Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Cheeses

Comté vieux

France. Franche-Comté.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 15 months minimum.

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Sea fish

Sea bass 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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Cheeses

Salers

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.

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