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Dishes from France

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Showing dishes tied to France in France - the city-first view, not the whole country. Clear region

Cheese & Dairy

Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine

AOP-protected log-shaped goat's cheese from the Loire Valley, rolled in vegetable ash with a rye straw through the centre - creamy, lactic, and distinctly tangy when fully ripe.

France · Touraine (Loire Valley, central France - Indre-et-Loire, Indre, Vienne)

Desserts & Sweets

Croquembouche

A tall French celebration pyramid of choux puffs dipped in hot caramel, filled with pastry cream, and bound with spun sugar - the traditional wedding and christening cake of France.

France · France (especially Paris and Provence)

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Cheese & Dairy

Tomme de Romans

A small drum-shaped cow's milk tomme from Romans-sur-Isère in the Drôme valley - soft, pale, and slightly mushroomy, sold by the half wheel at the town's weekly cheese fair.

France · Drôme valley (Romans-sur-Isère, southeastern France)

Breads & Pastries

Ficelle

Thin, crisp French bread made from the same dough as a baguette but rolled out narrow, eaten as a canapé base or alongside charcuterie and soup.

France · France (Île-de-France, Paris, Lyon, Provence)

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Salads & Sides

Salade Rachel

Parisian bistro starter of waxy potatoes, marinated herring, beetroot and cornichons, dressed with sharp shallot vinaigrette and horseradish.

France · Paris - 8th and 9th arrondissements, Sentier, Madeleine; brasserie tradition across France

Cheese & Dairy

Bresse Bleu

A creamy mild blue-veined cow's-milk cheese developed in the Bresse region of eastern France in the early 1950s.

France · Bresse region, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France; widely produced under license abroad

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Snacks & Appetizers

Mornay Sauce

The classic French cheese sauce - a béchamel finished off the heat with grated Gruyère (and sometimes Parmesan) and a yolk-and-cream liaison for extra body.

France · France (codified in the classical French cuisine of Carême and Escoffier)

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