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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme de chèvre

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from goat's milk.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Saintonge mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish based on mussels from bouchot with garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or a dry white wine from Charentes or Cognac, depending on the recipe).

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Desserts

Croquembouche with vanilla custard

Small cream puffs filled with vanilla cream and assembled with caramel.

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Pork

Braised knuckle of pork

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

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Desserts

Praline merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Appetizers

Arancini

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, typically filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, or with ham cubes and mozzarella.
Served hot.

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Pork

Pork roast with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with salmon and shirred eggs

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Sheep and Goats

Irish stew

Ireland.
Mutton stew with carrots, onions, and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

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Sea fish

Cod with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Bay blue

United States. California.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Cheeses

Mascarpone

Italy. Lombardy. Lodi.
Fresh cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk with very high fat content, coagulated by adding lemon juice or white vinegar.
This is the equivalent of the cream in Italian cuisine.

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Sauces

Garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Cooked meats

Pâté de campagne with black pepper

Pâté made with coarsely chopped ingredients such as pork, flavored with herbs and spices, and cooked in a terracotta dish.
Served cold or at room temperature.

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