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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

Brillat-Savarin

France. Burgundy. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. Forges-les-Eaux.
Triple cream cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Flat oysters

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Cheeses

Dante

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 6 months minimum.

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Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu

Blue: cooked in court-bouillon and vinegar.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with rosemary

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

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Cheeses

La Bouille

France. Upper Normandy. Seine-Maritime. La Bouille.
Soft-ripened double cream cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Beef

Roast piece of beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Sea fish

Marinated anchovies with white wine

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef cannelloni

Ground beef or pork hash.

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Cooked meats

Lomo embuchado

Spain.
Lomo : sausage of pork loin marinated and refined several months.
Eaten raw and cut into very thin slices.

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Others

Crab rolls

Canada. Quebec.
Hot dog-style bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.

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Veal

Roast veal Orloff

Orloff : cooked veal sliced and covered with a sauce Soubise mixed with chopped mushrooms and onion puree (no cheese in the recipe).
Served hot.

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Desserts

Walnut 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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