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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Patatas bravas

Spain.
specialty of potatoes cut into cubes about two centimeters in size, then fried in oil with garlic and served hot with aioli (Catalonia) or a spicy tomato sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Main meals

Pot-au-feu

French beef stew with vegetables (carrot, turnip, leek, potato, celeriac, onion, , etc) and spices (bouquet garni and clove).

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Cold starters

Kipper pâté

Served cold.

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Veal

Provençal veal chop

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

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Appetizers

Lobster summer roll

Vietnam.
Summer roll : shrimp, vegetables, or beef or pork wrapped in raw rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.

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Main meals

Ravioles du Dauphiné with fresh cream

Dauphiné raviole : filled pasta (cottage cheese and parsley).

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Cooked meats

Goose paté with goose foie gras and black truffle

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tourtière du lac Saint-Jean

Canada. Quebec.
Layered meat pie made with meat (beef, chicken, hare, moose, partridge, pork and veal or a simpler combination of these meats) with broth and potato cubes.

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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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Freshwater fish

Artic char with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Desserts

Lemon and mascarpone macarons

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

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Desserts

Tropézienne

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Brioche split in two and filled with a mixture of pastry cream and buttercream, topped with pearl sugar.

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