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Meal families

Cured Meats

Venison pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.

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Eggs

Cloud eggs

Beaten egg white with egg yolk and grated cheese.

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Poultry

Blanquette of chicken

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Merveilles

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Italy. Aosta Valley. Switzerland. Romandy.
Variety of fritter with thin and crispy batter often flavored with orange blossom water and Armagnac and covered with sugar or honey.

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Feathered game

Woodstock of salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Thin apple tart

Thin tart : on puff pastry.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Almond miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Pork

Boudin blanc with apples

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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Beef

Beef axoa

Basque Country.
Specialty made with beef, onions, sautéed tomatoes, and seasoned with Espelette pepper.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry 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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Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Maltese strawberries

Strawberries served with orange juice and Cointreau.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with flageolets beans

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with fig chutney

Chutney : sweet and sour sauce made from fruits and/or vegetables with condiments and spices.

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