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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Sautéed veal kidney with vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Main meals

Pork colombo

France. French Guiana.
Colombo : highly aromatic stew prepared with a marinade of spice blend (garlic, lime, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, bay leaf, chili pepper, black pepper, thyme) and then sautéed in oil with various vegetables (eggplant, plantain, carrots, green beans, potatoes, or very often rice) and tropical fruits.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole with saffron

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Camembert potato gratin

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Cheeses

Laguiole

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 24 months.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with prunes

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Warm starters

Ziwwelküeche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

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Sea fish

Sole with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Desserts

Raspberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Offal and tripe

Lyon-style gras-double

Gras-double : tripe cooked with onions.

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Cold starters

Bottarga toast

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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Desserts

Mont-blanc

Meringue cake covered with Chantilly cream and topped with chestnut cream, then dusted with icing sugar.

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Sea fish

Coulibiac

Russia.
Puff pastry filled with sea bass and salmon mixed with mushrooms, hard-boiled egg, onion and dill.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant tian

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