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Meal families

Main meals

Fish couscous

Couscous : steamed wheat semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.

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Desserts

Blueberry pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Stuffed with sour cream, sugar, and blueberry.
Served hot or cold.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Sea fish

Herring with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Provençal-style octopus

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Salads

Tuna Nicoise salad

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Crudités salad with tuna, hard-boiled eggs and olive oil.
Do not serve fine wine.

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Cheeses

Santranges

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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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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Desserts

Queen of Sheba cake

Chocolate and almond cake.

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Cheeses

Hooligan

United States. Connecticut.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Poultry

Squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Sea fish

Normandy style sole fillets

Sole fillets in a fresh cream sauce with cider, mushrooms, shrimp, and mussels.

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Warm starters

Duck foie gras with black truffle in puff pastry

Duck foie gras with black truffle wrapped in puff pastry.

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Cheeses

Ewe’s blue

United States. New York.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.

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