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Meal families

Sea fish

Hake with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Cheeses

Fat bottom girl

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a washed rind with an orange color.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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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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Sheep and Goats

Provençal-style saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster bisque

Bisque : creamy soup of clear, shellfish stock.

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Cheeses

Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Poultry

Ostrich steak with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette de Cambrai

Andouillette with veal ruffle.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked yellow bell pepper

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Main meals

Oriental-style lamb meatballs

Oriental style : with spices.

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Desserts

Mango vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Desserts

Peach 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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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with flageolets beans

Leg of lamb : Cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cold starters

Fish and vegetable pâté

Served cold.

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Appetizers

Socca

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Thin galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.

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Desserts

Griottines yule log

Griottines : cherries macerated in a kirsch liqueur.

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Sheep and Goats

Sautéed Maintenon style lamb chops

Maintenon : lamb chops baked with a roux mixed with button mushroom, ham, onion, black truffle and breadcrumbs.

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