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Meal families

Consommé and Soup

Chicken chorba

Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, chicken, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.

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Poultry

Duck Montmorency

Duck served with a sauce made from poultry velouté and Montmorency cherries.

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Cheeses

Ovelha amanteigado

Portugal. Beira Alta.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Beef

Beef tongue with sauce ravigote

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Cold starters

Provençal 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.
Anchovies, olives, peppers with tomato and Provençal herbs in jelly.

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Cheeses

Provolone piccante

Italy. Lombardy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk made with kid rennet.
Ripening : 16 months minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cardoon with bone marrow

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised leg of lamb with herbs

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