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Meal families

Main meals

Chicken tajine with lemon and olives

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Main meals

Lamb tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Desserts

Candied chestnut vacherin

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

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Sea fish

Halibut crudo

Italy.
Crudo : a raw fish or seafood dish, usually simply seasoned with a mix of citrus (lime, lemon, grapefruit…) and olive oil, salt, citrus juice (lemon, lime), and vinegar.

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Sauces

Sweet and sour sauce

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles and persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Desserts

Apricot bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Cheeses

Black Betty

Netherlands. North Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with black waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Desserts

Peach turnover

Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.

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Cheeses

Vendôme cendré

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Villiers-sur-Loir.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Sauces

Anchoïade

Sauce made of garlic, anchovy, capers and olive oil.

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