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Meal families

Salads

Landaise salad

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes.
Mixed salad made with asparagus, foie gras, duck gizzards, cured ham, smoked duck breast, corn, frisée lettuce, pine nuts, and tomatoes.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Provençal Bay scallops

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

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Cheeses

Bleu de Laqueuille

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Aguachile

Mexico.
Raw shrimp marinated in a salted brine with cucumber, lemon juice, onion, pepper, and chili peppers (chiltepin).

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Tellines mariniere with herbs

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Tellines : small mollusks with a long flat shell.
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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Poultry

Stuffed capon with morel msuhrooms and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Offal and tripe

Tripous

France. Occitania. Aveyron.
Dish made with small strips of veal tripe usually rolled in sheep's caul fat (typically lamb) and tied with string. Cooked in veal stock with salt, pepper, white wine, carrots and tomatoes.

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Poultry

Chicken cutlets Pozharsky

Pojarski : meatball with breadcrumbs, cream, and eggs, pan-fried until golden.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal-style sauteed lamb

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster gratin cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Two peppers pizza

Pizza with yellow and red bell peppers and mozzarella.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salted flan

Flan : eggs beaten into milk and flour, baked in the oven.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with a lemon sauce

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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