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Cheeses
Pecorino Toscano stagionato
Italy. Tuscany.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw sheep’s milk with a natural rind and straw-colored crust.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Desserts
Lemon and mascarpone mousse
Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.
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Remoudou
Belgium. Limburger.
Pasteurized Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Flamiche
France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Oise. Somme. (Picardy).
Puff pastry tart with leeks and cream.
Desserts
Rhubarb sablé
Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).
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Duo of John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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Zarzuela
Spain. Catalonia. Valencia.
Mixture of shellfish, crustaceans and fish simmered in a sauce (sofregit) based on olive oil with garlic, herbs, onion, tomato, etc
Like a paella without rice .
Sea fish
Pan-fried sea bass pavé
Fish pavé : a thick, boneless, meaty cut taken from a fish fillet.
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Grilled beef with pommes paillasson and peppercorn sauce
Pomme paillasson : pancake of grated and fried potatoes.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.
Sheep and Goats
Grilled lamb chops with Pont-Neuf potatoes and spices
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.
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Head cheese
Small pieces of pork meat (cheeks, snout, tongue, etc), usually cooked with small pieces of carrots, pickles, shallots or onion, seasoned with garlic, spices, parsley and molded in aspic.
Served cold.
Desserts
Mango bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.
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Goat brie cheese
Canada. Ontario.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Main meals
Baeckeoffe
France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish made with potatoes, meats, and mixed vegetables, slowly cooked with spices and white wine.
Sauces
Maitre d’hotel butter
Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
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Lobster claws in americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."