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Meal families

Main meals

Inarizushi

Fried tofu stuffed with sweet and vinegared rice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato gratin with porcini mushrooms

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Freshwater fish

Trout 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.

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Desserts

Rabote picarde

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Oise. Somme. (Picardy).
Apple wrapped in puff pastry.

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Cheeses

Shepherd’s delight

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Pear ice cream

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Cheeses

Ossau-Iraty

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.

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Cheeses

Mont Saint-Francis

United States. Indiana.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat's milk with a beer-washed rind (Imperial stout) yellow in color.
Ripening : 3 to 5 months.

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Sea fish

Monkfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Main meals

Macaronade

France. Occitania. Hérault. Sète.
A mixture of pasta and meat or fish with tomato sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes with vinaigrette

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with tarbais beans

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

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Desserts

Praline macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Desserts

Condé pear

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with pears in syrup.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken en vessie

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.

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