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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Cheese pie

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with hot andalouse sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Hot andalouse sauce : tomato velouté with garlic, parsley, and sweet pepper.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple compote

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Salads

Caux-style salad

Potato-based salad with diced ham, chervil, watercress, and a cream and cider vinegar dressing.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Passion fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Feathered game

Provençal quail skewers

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Furred game

Saddle of hare a la royale

A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.

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Cured Meats

Brioche with pork rinds

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Allier.
Salted brioche stuffed with pork scratchings (or duck, goose, chicken).

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with garlic cream

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Black fruit tart

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Pizza quattro formaggi

Pizza made with a combination of four types of melted cheese. Traditionally, the cheeses include mozzarella, gorgonzola, Grana Padano, Parmesan, Pecorino, Provolone, ricotta, scarmorza, and others.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini tian

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