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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Desserts

Calisson

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Mixture of candied melon and almond powder with an egg glaze, placed on a sheet of unleavened bread.
One of the 13 traditional Provençal Christmas desserts.

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Sheep and Goats

Mutton carbonade

Southern France speciality.
Stew with red wine, onions, garlic and meat scraps.

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Veal

Rouelle of veal with cider

Rouelle : a thick slice of meat cut from the hind leg.

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Desserts

Pomme d’amour

France.
Apple coated in a hard red caramel and held on the end of a stick.

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Cheeses

Curé nantais

France. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Provencal eggplant

Eggplant with garlic, onion, parsley, tomato…

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled crab

Crab cooked in a broth.

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Cheeses

Fresh goat cheese with garlic and herbs

Cheese similar to cream cheese with garlic and herbs.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine aumoniere

Langoustine meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Sauces

Vinaigrette

Emulsified sauce obtained by mixing an acidic liquid (lemon juice, vinegar) with a fat (oil, sour cream, mayonnaise, yogurt) generally accompanied by a spoonful of mustard, pepper and salt and often aromatic herbs.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal lamb daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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