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Meal families

Cooked meats

Caillette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pâté gaumais

Belgium.
Pork pie with meat marinated in wine or vinegar, spiced with herbs and aromatic seasonings.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts

Honey soufflé

Served hot.

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Poultry

Duck breast with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Main meals

Potée

Mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Others

Shish kebab

Mediterranean cuisine.
Skewersed grilled or roasted meat.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted provençal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with chanterelle

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with herbs

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with porcini mushrooms

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Game animals

Venison salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb confit with sweet garlic

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

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Sauces

Curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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