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Meal families

Sauces

Sweet and sour sauce

Sweet and sour sauce : tomato sauce with shallots, olive oil and laurel.

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Cheeses

Picolin

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Périgord. Dordogne.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster with americaine sauce

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Sauces

Roquefort sauce

Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with cream

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Trappe de Timadeuc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Périgord. Dordogne.
Soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

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Poultry

Turkey cutlet with white sauce

White sauce : heated flour and butter to which a hot liquid is added (broth, water, cooking juices, wine).

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Salads

Fattoush

Lebanese speciality salad of raw vegetables (purslane, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish, onion) seasoned with sumac.

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Desserts

Walnut charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chinese noodles

Pasta cooked in a broth (herbs, chicken, …)

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Pork

Pork shoulder with diable sauce

France. Alsace.
Pork shoulder coated in a mustard sauce with garlic, shallot and parsley, wrapped in pig's caul fat.

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Salads

Langoustines salad with orange butter and tarragon

Orange butter : concentrated orange juice mixed with butter and cream.

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Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme and black olives

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : over 5 months.

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