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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme de Savoie

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with a washed rind of gray colour.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.

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Cheeses

Brousse

Provence. Cheese made from a combination of milk and whey from sheep, goat or cow.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano with balsamic vinegar

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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Sea fish

Braised monkfish with curry sauce

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Beef

Estouffade of beef

Estouffade : cooked slowly with very little liquid in a closed container.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Melon sorbet

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Poultry

Chicken with morel and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Beef

Maultaschen

Germany. Baden-Württemberg.
Pasta filled with meat and golden-fried before being poached in broth.
Served with a green salad.

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Main meals

Tajine

Stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled saddle of lamb

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

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Poultry

Duck a l’orange and celery purée

A l'orange: sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.

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Desserts

Chocolate praline dome cake

Milk chocolate dome filled with praline mousse.

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Cheeses

Brie de Nangis

France. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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Cheeses

Camembert

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Sauces

Peppercorn sauce

Melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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