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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Clam chowder

Clam soup with potatoes and onions in broth.

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Game birds

Young partridge with cabbage

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with persillade sauce

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

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Sauces

Dieppoise sauce

Dieppoise sauce : A Normandy-style sauce (béchamel with added fresh cream) enriched with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Rabbit

Braised rabbit

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach and ricotta lasagna

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Sheep and Goats

Irish stew

Ireland.
Mutton stew with carrots, onions, and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

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Cheeses

Kanterkaas

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Appetizers

Munster sablé

Served as an appetizer or before dessert.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with goat cheese

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Warm round loaf filled with goat cheese.

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with red wine sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Provençal tomato tart

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Beef

Roasted beef with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Sauces

Tartar sauce

Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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