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Meal families

Desserts

Baklava

Balkans. Bulgaria. Greece. North Africa. Middle East. Turkey…
Dessert made of several layers of thin phyllo dough sheets separated with melted butter or oil, in which there is a mixture of dried fruits (hazelnuts, walnuts, or pistachios), sometimes finely ground and crushed spices (cloves), then immersed in a sweet liquid (water with lemon juice, orange blossom, honey, rose, etc).

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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Desserts

Fontainebleau

Dessert made with fresh cow's milk cheese and whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Saint-Winoc

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole raw cow's milk with a blond ale-washed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 6 weeks.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Cheeses

Brebis Echourgnac

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Pork

Peking jambonneau with spices

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.
Can be breaded and eaten cold with a salad.
To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Shellfish and Seafood

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."

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Sheep and Goats

Braised shoulder of lamb

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal lamb skewers

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Sauces

Pistou

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Sauce à base de basilic pilé, d'ail et d'huile d'olive.

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