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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Trout tartare and green asparagus

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Cheeses

Brousse

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Dairy product (officially not considered a cheese) made from whey derived from sheep's, goat's, or cow's milk.

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Beef

Fleischschnacka

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
(Snail meat).
A specialty made with a filling of cooked meat (usually leftover pot-au-feu) mixed with egg, onion, parsley, pepper, and salt, rolled in noodle dough before being pan-fried and then poached in broth.
Dish usually served with roasted potatoes and a green salad.

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Cheeses

Sunset bay

United States. Oregon.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with lemon confit

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Pork

Porchetta

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Italia.
Deboned suckling pig, stuffed with its own meat and offal with aromatics (garlic, bay leaf) and roasted over a wood fire.
Eaten cold, sliced or pan-fried with oil and tomato.

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Main meals

Stoemp and sausage

Belgium.
Stoemp : mashed potatoes served with various vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, spinach, onion, peas, leek, carrot) and flavored with aromatic spices (bay leaf, thyme).

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Patrão

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 16 months.

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Beef

Maultaschen

Germany. Baden-Württemberg.
Ravioli stuffed with meat, pan-fried until golden then poached in broth.
Served with a green salad.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spices

Pair according to the hotness of the spices.

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Poultry

Ostrich steak with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Scallop risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Desserts

Sticky toffee pudding

United Kingdom.
Pudding with sponge cake and finely chopped dates covered with caramel sauce.
Usually served with custard or vanilla ice-cream.

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Sauces

Albufera sauce

Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with prunes

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Desserts

Thin apple tart

Thin tart : on puff pastry.

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