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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Saintonge mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish based on mussels from bouchot with garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or a dry white wine from Charentes or Cognac, depending on the recipe).

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek and scallop pie

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with apricots

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cold starters

Meze

Eastern Mediterranean.
Small dishes (ten to one hundred, with eggplant caviar, dolmas, vegetable salads, tabbouleh, etc.) served on small plates (like antipasti) for a party or family meal to accompany alcoholic beverages.

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Sea fish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Desserts

Praline succès cake

Macaron filled with praline cream.

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Cheeses

Bayley hazen blue

United States. Vermont.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Cheeses

Creamy Lancashire

United Kingdom. Lancashire.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a pale yellow natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 4 weeks.

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Main meals

Salted pork with lentils

Salt pork : salt-cured pork.

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Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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