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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flammekueche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, bacon bits, and onions.

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Cold starters

Fresh Sainte-Maure cheese and pistachio terrine

Sainte-Maure : goat cheese.

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Desserts

Rice Condé

Rice pudding with a sugar-egg mixture added at the end of cooking.

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Pork

Diots with red wine

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Cheeses

Bresse bleu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with bone marrow

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with morels

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb en croûte

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Main meals

Auvergne style potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Sea fish

Bouillabaisse

Provençal fish stew.
The name of this dish is said to come from Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (to lower): bouille and abaisse.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles mariniere

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Banana split

Frozen dessert traditionally made of a banana cut lengthwise, surrounding three scoops of ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry in France or three scoops of vanilla in Belgium), all topped with hot chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pheasant pie

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with spices

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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