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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Whelk tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Freshwater fish

Eel in green sauce

Flemish speciality : pieces of eel simmered in a mixture of finely chopped fresh herbs and served in a green herb sauce.

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Cheeses

Bocconcino

Italy. Campania.
Fresh stretched-curd cheese made from small-sized buffalo milk (bite-sized).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta and clams

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pie

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Cheeses

Bamalou

France. Occitania. Ariège.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules mariniere pot

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Sea fish

Monkfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Mandarin and passion fruit trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Cheeses

L’Ami du Chambertin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.

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