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Meal families

Main meals

Jambalaya

United States. Louisiana. New Orleans.
A type of paella made with rice, very spicy, with seafood, fish, or meat.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mounassou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze.
Potato cake with cream, pork and shallots.

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Cooked meats

Caillette with herbs

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts

Fruit zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Thermidor

Lobster meat combined with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock, and mustard, then served in its shell and often gratinated.

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Sea fish

Sea bass with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Desserts

Red berry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with garlic and thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Brussels waffle

Rectangular waffle dusted with powdered sugar and served warm.
Can be topped with whipped cream, red berries, or chocolate spread.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Sauces

Shrimp sauce

Shrimp sauce : fish velouté mixed with shrimp butter.

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Desserts

Pineapple zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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