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Meal families

Sea fish

Marinated anchovies with white wine

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled shrimp

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with citrus fruits

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

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Cheeses

Beaufort

France. Savoie.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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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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Game birds

Young partridge with porcini

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelks with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé

Chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Cheeses

Saingorlon

France. Rhône-Alpes.
Blue-veined pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Charloe

United States. Ohio.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Appetizers

Garlic bread

Bread with garlic butter.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Cheeses

Moody blue

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened blue-veined cheese from pasteurized cow's milk with natural rind.

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Cold starters

Turkey meatloaf

Meatloaf : piece of meat, game, fish, poultry, boned, stuffed and rolled, cooked and tied up with string, cooked in casseroles or prepared in jelly.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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