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Grilled cheese

Grilled slices of cheese between slices of bread, with butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Sheep and Goats

Stew of lamb

Navarin : stew.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Tellines mariniere with herbs

Tellines: small clams of Camargue with long flat shell.
Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Offal and tripe

Abignades

Goose tripe and blood cooked.
Served on fried breath with goose fat.

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Veal

Veal tenderloin with mushrooms

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Desserts

Pear charlotte with caramel custard

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Beef

Grilled Chateaubriand

Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French beans

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Cheeses

Boulette de Cambrai

France. Pas-de-Calais. Avesnes.
Cow's milk cheese flavored with parsley, pepper, tarragon, and cloves and later shaped into a cone by hand.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with flageolets beans

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Desserts

Pineapple crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Cheeses

Bleu du Queyras

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Hautes-Alpes.
Blue-veined cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Poultry

Roast duck with forestiere sauce

Forestiere sauce : sauce made from butter, mushrooms, crème fraîche and shallots.

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Sea fish

Cod with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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