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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops with rosemary

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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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp cocktail

Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.

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Salads

Caux-style salad

Potato-based salad with diced ham, chervil, watercress, and a cream and cider vinegar dressing.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with horseradish

Horseradish : herb grown for its hot mustard-flavored root.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Crab canapé

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Pork

Saucisse de Morteau

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haut-Doubs.
Smoked sausage.

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Cheeses

Crumbly Lancashire

United Kingdom. Lancashire.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Cold starters

Salmon aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry compote

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Cheeses

Gabietou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's and cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 4 months.

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