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Meal families

Desserts

Dacquoise

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake composed of several discs of meringue pastry with almonds and hazelnuts (sometimes with added coconut or pistachios) with butter cream and covered with icing sugar.
Serve cold.

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Appetizers

Poivrade artichokes with olive oil

Poivrade artichoke : young Violet de Provence artichoke.

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Sheep and Goats

Salt-crusted lamb

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Desserts

Cherry gratin with zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Desserts

Bananas Foster

Flambéed bananas with vanilla ice cream and a sauce made of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.

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Beef

Hachis parmentier

Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Beef

Provençal beef daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Spice ice cream

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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb with mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Poultry

Goose with red wine sauce

Goose marinated in red wine before cooking.

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Main meals

Bearn piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Culinary specialty based on green and red peppers, chilli pepper, onions and tomatoes, served with Bayonne ham.

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Sea fish

Toro

Toro : belly of large tuna.

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Desserts

Strawberries Cardinal

Strawberries covered with raspberry purée and sliced almonds flavored with liqueur (usually kirsch).

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Desserts

Savarin with red berries

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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