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Tielle
France. Occitania. Hérault. Sète.
Pie filled with squid, octopus or cuttlefish mixed with a spicy tomato sauce.
Desserts
Caramel crème renversée
Baked custard served in a ramekin with a caramel bottom, or unmolded, inverted, and topped with caramel.
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Vol-au-vent financiere
Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.
Pork
Diots with polenta
Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.
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Salmon carpaccio
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Cottage cheese pierogi
Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Served hot or cold.
Shellfish and Seafood
Spiny lobster a la nage
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
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Braised oxtails in red wine sauce
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.
Shellfish and Seafood
Provençal Bay scallops
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.
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Young Edam
Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.
Cooked meats
Pork liver pâté
Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices, etc cooked in a terracotta container.
Served cold or at room temperature.
Beef
Beef daube with green olives
Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.
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Exotic fruit vacherin
Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.
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Strawberry and rhubarb crumble
Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.
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