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Meal families

Cheeses

Extra aged Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : over 24 months.

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Desserts

Almond miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Others

Provençal style snails

Snails with aioli sauce or tomato sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop and grapefruit ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Sheep and Goats

Spicy lamb with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Desserts

Chocolate and red berries charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Main meals

Spicy fondue

Fondue made with Gruyère, red and green bell peppers, and chili pepper.

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Sauces

Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : reduction of white wine or Madeira with a blonde roux to which diced black truffles are added.

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops and persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Fruits

Brasucado

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Roasting chestnuts over a wood fire on a metal sheet or in a large pan.

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Desserts

Caramel crème renversée

Baked custard served in a ramekin with a caramel bottom, or unmolded, inverted, and topped with caramel.

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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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Offal and tripe

Tripe

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Sea fish

Pickled herring

Marinated herring in vinegar with carrot, lemon, bay leaves, onion, mustard and sometimes served with fresh cream

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with curry sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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