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Meal families

Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano tierno

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, white in color.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef dumplings with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of assorted meats, oven-baked in a pastry crust and set in natural gelatin.
Served cold.

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Desserts

Plum pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

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Pork

Saint-Hubert suckling pig

Saint-Hubert : stuff with chicken breast, pork, veal and smoked bacon, chestnut, onion, leek and potato.

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Poultry

Duck manchon confit with cabbage

Duck wing drumette : upper part of the duck wing.

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Desserts

Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream

Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.

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Cooked meats

Leverpostej

Sweden.
Pork liver pâté with lard.

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Main meals

Morvandelle pote

Mixture of pork and charcuterie with carrots, green cabbage, turnips, leeks, and potatoes cooked in broth for several hours in a casserole dish.

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Main meals

Baeckeoffe

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish made with potatoes, meats, and mixed vegetables, slowly cooked with spices and white wine.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cooked meats

Lomo embuchado

Spain.
Lomo : pork shoulder sausage marinated and aged for several months.
Served raw in very thin slices.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp

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