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Meal families

Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Others

Lamb and beef pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat (lamb, beef), hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Game birds

Provençal quail skewers

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

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Desserts

Peach mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with apricot

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cheeses

Big woods blue

United States. Minnesota.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.

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Sea fish

Sea bass with orange sauce

Spain. Valencia.
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Cooked meats

Andouille de Vire with cider sauce

Andouille : pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Cider sauce : cider, butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and white wine.
Served hot.

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Sauces

Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Salads

Waldorf salad

Julienned apple and celery salad with walnuts and a mayonnaise dressing.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morels cassolette with fresh cream

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Poultry

Goose with chestnut

Roast goose with chestnut filling.

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Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.

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Cheeses

Bergues

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a beer-washed rind.

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