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Meal families

Cheeses

Paški sir

Croatia. Pag.
Hard pasteurized sheep's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Torta del Casar

Spain. Extremadura.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle with a medium to very creamy texture and a semi-hard rind between yellow and ocher in color.

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Desserts

Streusel cake

Streusel: Alsatian brioche on which there's a kind of crumble made from butter, cinnamon, flour, almonds and sugar powder.

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Cheeses

Arpéa de brebis

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Soft-ripened pasteurized sheep's milk with washed rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Cheeses

Oka ashed

Canada. Quebec.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Noisette of lamb with gingerbread crust

Noisette : small round piece of lean meat.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Roquefort tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Prawn risotto

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Main meals

Moitie-Moitie fondue

Mont d'or cheese fondue with gruyère.

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Sea fish

Baked sea bream in salt crust with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Asparagus with maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : hollandaise sauce base flavored with the juice of blood oranges and garnished with blanched orange zest.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Termignon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Poultry

Geline with cream and morels

Geline : chicken from Touraine.

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Sauces

Normandy sauce

Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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