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Meal families

Beef

Rib steak with coarse salt and bone marrow

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Farci poitevin

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Vegetable pâté with bacon, cooked wrapped in cabbage leaves.

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Poultry

Spatchcocked chicken with garlic and rosemary

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled scallops

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sicilian pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, onion, tomato, herbs, and cheeses (Caciocavallo and Tomme).

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Cooked meats

Poultry liver pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with a natural tan to orange-brown colored rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Warm starters

Ziwwelküeche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

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Appetizers

Anchovy butter

Softened butter mashed with anchovy fillets, garlic, and sometimes herbs.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

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Poultry

Coq au vin

Wine stewed chicken.

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Desserts

Mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavored buttercream.

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Cheeses

Feta

Greece.
Sheep's milk cheese curdled in brine.

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