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Meal families

Main meals

Provencal wild boar daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Sheep and Goats

Seven hour leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Seven hour : Slow-cooking leg of lamb in wine with garlic and herbs until it is fall-off-the-bone tender and luscious

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Desserts

Stollen

France. Alsace.
Cake made from bread dough with candied fruits, dried fruits and spices sprinkled with icing sugar.

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Desserts

Pineapple crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Beef

Beef daube with carrots

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops blanquette with Noilly Prat

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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