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Meal families

Poultry

Poached chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : chicken or veal velouté reduced before adding the cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with parsley sauce

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Cheeses

Beaufort old

France. Savoie.
Raw whole cow’s milk cheese.
Ripening : over 10 months.

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Cheeses

Cabécou de Livernon

France. Quercy.
Soft-ripened unpasteurized goat's milk cheese with a mouldy rind.

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Cheeses

Montasio

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with brushed rind (Fresco: matured up to 2 months; Mezzano from 5-10 months; Stagionata more than 10 months).

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Main meals

Tartiflette

Dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese and bacon.

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral with sorrel sauce

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.
Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fresh goat cheese quiche

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

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Veal

Pozharsky veal cutlet

Pojarski : meatball with breadcrumbs, butter, cream and egg cooked until golden brown.

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