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Meal families

Desserts

Pear bourdaloue

Pear and frangipane tart sprinkled with crushed macarons.

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets whith cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with lemon confit

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Pork

Pork roast with Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Desserts

Lemon and mascarpone tart

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Offal and tripe

Merguez frites

Merguez : sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with seasonings (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili…).

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Pork

Diots with red wine

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Cheeses

Maytag Blue cheese

United States. Iowa.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed prawns

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster bisque

Bisque : creamy soup of clear, shellfish stock.

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Cheeses

Villageois blanc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster salpicon

Salpicon : hot or cold preparation of ingredients cut into small dice and bound with a cream or a sauce.

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Cheeses

Fourme d’Ambert

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.

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Sheep and Goats

Herb roasted leg of lamb

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

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon with sorrel sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sicilian pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, onion, tomato, herbs, and cheeses (Caciocavallo and Tomme).

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Cheeses

Emmental

Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Cooked pressed cow’s milk cheese

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