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Jean-Joseph Close

Jean-Joseph Close: Jean-Joseph Close is a French chef (1757-1828). Contrary to legend, Jean-Joseph Close did not invent foie gras, nor is it his credit for having truffled it, but he had the idea of ​​wrapping livers in goose with a fine veal stuffing and cover them with a pastry crust.
This pâté, baptized at La Contades (because Close, whose name is also spelled Clause, was, around 1782, in the service of Marshal de Contades, governor...

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