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Meal families

Cheeses

Carré frais

France. Burgundy. Normandy. Seine-Maritime.
Industrial cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk salted curds.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Touraine.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops in olive oil and lime

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Sheep and Goats

Stew of lamb with spring vegetables

Navarin : stew.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Surchoix

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.
Gold label.

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Cooked meats

Small chitterling sausage with red wine

Sausage cooked with red wine and deglazed with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Freshwater fish

Bordeaux style sturgeon

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

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Main meals

Chicken couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Main meals

Duck hachis parmentier

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with garlic clove

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Sea fish

Goujonnettes of sole with rosemary

Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morels cassolette with fresh cream

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Veal

Veal escalope with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffled potato cake

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Poultry

Spatchcocked pigeon

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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