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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Petit Saint-Nectaire

France. Auvergne. Pays des monts-Dore (Cantal, Puy de Dôme).
Semi-hard pasteurized or unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 21 days minimum.

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Others

Provencal style snails

Snails with Aioli sauce or tomato sauce.

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Pork

Peking knuckle of pork with spices

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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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartar with lime and curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Cheeses

Pleasant ridge reserve

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 14 months.

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Cheeses

Dubliner

Ireland. Cork.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Sea fish

Sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Steamed mussels

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Veal

Rack of veal and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Sea fish

Marinated anchovies with lime

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with white truffle

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Aravis

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Raw goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.

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Beef

Chili con carne

Beef meat and chili peppers with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato ...) and spices (garlic, cumin ...).

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Cheeses

Brocciu passu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.
Ripening : 21 days to 4 months maximum.

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