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Meal families

Cheeses

Cheshire

United Kingdom.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Cooked meats

Leverpostej

Sweden.
Minced pork liver with lard pâté

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Sauces

Bourguignonne sauce

Partial reduction of shallot or onion and red wine with a bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf) bound with a veal stock or a Spanish sauce.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Others

Hamburger

Dish originating in Germany.
Sandwich consisting of two bruns topped with minced meat (beef) with raw vegetables, salad, condiments (pickle, onion) and a sauce.

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Game animals

Saddle of hare 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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Desserts

Chocolate Saint-Honoré

Puff or shortcrust pastry coated with choux pastry before baking, then covered with pastry cream and small cream puff topped with caramel around. The center of the cake is filled with whipped cream or chiboust cream (custard mixed with Italian meringue).

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Cheeses

Boulette de Cambrai

France. Pas-de-Calais. Avesnes.
Cow's milk cheese flavored with parsley, pepper, tarragon, and cloves and later shaped into a cone by hand.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch quenelles with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Cheeses

Comté

France. Franche-Comté.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Beef

Roast beef tenderloin with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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Cheeses

Valençay

France. Centre. Berry.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.

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