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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Robiola di Roccaverano

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Soft-ripened cheese from unpasteurised goat's, sheep's and/or cow’s milk with a natural rind.

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Sea fish

Poached sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Écume De Wimereux

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais.
Soft-ripened raw double cream cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and lemon

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Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Veal

Veal tenderloin with porcini

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with fresh cream, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with porcini

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Semi-cooked or semi-hard pressed raw whole cow's milk cheese.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Mandarin sorbet

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Desserts

Chocolate and cofee charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Desserts

Eggs in snow with pink praline

Eggs in snow : whipped egg whites accompanied by custard, usually topped with caramel.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fines de claire oyster

Fine de claire : oysters matured for 4 -8 weeks in oyster ponds.

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