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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Champvallon style Lamb chop

Champvallon : baked between two layers of potatoes with poultry broth.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with porcini mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cooked meats

Mallard terrine

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron with garlic cream

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Sauces

Chocolate sauce

Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallot, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.

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Others

Lamb and beef pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat (lamb, beef), hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Cheeses

Pavé d’Auge

France. Normandy. Pays d'Auge.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Poultry

Duck dodine

Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, rolled, stuffed, poached or braised, served with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and thickened with meat glaze.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Goat cheese tart

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Cheeses

Mignon

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind. Refining : at least 4 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Flat oysters

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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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Poultry

Galette with chicken

Galette : savory crepe.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant tian

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Cooked meats

Grilled andouille de Vire

Andouille : pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.

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