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Meal families

Cheeses

Laguiole

France. Cantal. Aveyron.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Tilsiter Switzerland

Switzerland.
Hard, raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Red label.

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Pork

Diots with polenta

Diot : minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom pizza

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Game birds

Salmi of woodstock

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Poultry

Grilled duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Cooked meats

Lyon-style andouillette sausage

Small chitterling sausage cooked with onions, meat juices deglazed with vinegar.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with mushrooms and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : over 5 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles

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Desserts

Fruit blancmange

Blanc-manger : milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, potato flour or cornflour.

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Offal and tripe

Frivolity fritters

Fritters of animals testicules.

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Sea fish

Honey glazed salmon with lemon

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Desserts

Mango bavarois

Bavarois : cold moulded dessert made ​​with custard or fruit puree, mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine.

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Desserts

Redcurrant pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Desserts

Citrus fruit gratin

Gratin of citrus fruits : grapefruit, orange, fresh cream, egg, vanilla.

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