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Meal families

Sauces

Mint sauce

Mint sauce : vinegar with sugar and chopped mint leaves.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Dog cockle with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Fruits

Brasucado

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Roasting chestnuts over a wood fire on a metal sheet or in a large pan.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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Cheeses

Gouda Holland

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.

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Desserts

Strawberries Cardinal

Strawberries covered with raspberry purée and sliced almonds flavored with liqueur (usually kirsch).

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Beef

Grilled beef with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Ada’s Honor

United States. Maine.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cold starters

Crab pâté

Served cold.

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Desserts

Savarin with candied fruit

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Cheeses

Vieux Lille

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Rabbit

Rabbit fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom pie

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb navarin with turnips

Navarin : stew.

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Main meals

Dim sum shrimp

Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.

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