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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fruit fritters

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Main courses

Sausage rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy sauce or paste made of chopped fruits or vegetables with crushed ginger, sliced onions, and chili peppers.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Cheeses

Dubliner vintage

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and natural rind.
Ripening : over 24 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Macarons of Saint-Emilion

Sweet meringue-based confection made with egg whites, sugar, almonds, and bitter almonds.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with juniper berries

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Miscellaneous

BLT sandwich

Sandwich made with two slices of sandwich bread (often toasted), filled with slices of smoked or pan-fried bacon (usually three), lettuce leaves (often iceberg or romaine), and tomato slices (BLT : Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato), with mayonnaise.

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Cheeses

Blue Stilton

United Kingdom. Derbyshire, Leicestershire. Nottinghamshire.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 9 weeks minimum.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Plum clafoutis

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Meatball stew

Canada. Quebec.
Meatballs (beef and pork) seasoned with spices such as cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, simmered in a thick sauce often with carrots, celery, and turnips.

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Cured Meats

Poultry paté en croûte

Terrine of assorted meats, oven-baked in a pastry crust and set in natural gelatin.
Served cold.

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Cheeses

Rove des garrigues

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Fresh cheese made from raw or pasteurized goat's milk, shaped into a ball.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Seafish

Braised monkfish with curry sauce

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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