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Meal families

Veal

Amourettes with morel mushrooms and potatoes

Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.

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Main meals

Hochepot

France. Hauts-de-France.
Stew made with oxtail, lamb shoulder, salted pork belly, and vegetables.

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Sheep and Goats

Beef irish stew

Ireland.
Beef stew with carrots, onions, and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

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Desserts

Apple bonne femme

Baked apples on slices of bread with caramel.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Main meals

Scallop sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Desserts

Hazelnut crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with sauce homardine

Sauce homardine : Lobster bisque with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fish sauerkraut

Sauerkraut with haddock, monkfish and salmon.

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Appetizers

Lobster butter canapé

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with polenta

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Main meals

Peperonata

Italia.
Vegetable stew made with garlic, red bell pepper, and tomato.

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Salads

Apple and walnut salad

Salad of julienned apples and celery, served with walnuts and a mayonnaise dressing.

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Poultry

Squab salmis

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Touraine-style quiche

Quiche made with shortcrust pastry filled with a mixture of eggs, cream, Rillettes de Tours, and rillons.
Rillons : pieces of pork slowly cooked in their own fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices, and sometimes garlic, parsley, or vinegar.

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Main meals

Moroccan lamb tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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