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Meal families

Cheeses

Berkswell

United Kingdom. West Midlands.
Hard sheep's raw milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Two peppers pizza

Pizza with peppers and mozzarella.

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Cold starters

Crab aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Sea fish

Grilled turbot with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Parmesan shortbreads

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with salmon

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Desserts

Gingerbread charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Freshwater fish

Eel stew with red wine

Eel cut into pieces and cooked in red wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Tellines with garlic

Tellines: small clams of Camargue with long flat shell.

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Pork

Diots

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Poultry

Chicken with morel and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Warm starters

Soufflé

Served hot.

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Poultry

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori : marinated meat or fish coated with yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Cold starters

Ham in aspic

Slice of ham around an egg in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop blanquette with Noilly Prat

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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