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Meal families

Cheeses

Stichelton

United Kingdom. Nottinghamshire.
Blue cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.

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Main meals

Langoustine sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Main meals

Ravioles du Dauphiné

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère.
Stuffed pasta made from soft wheat flour and fresh eggs, filled with cooked cheese (Comté or Emmental), fresh cottage cheese, and parsley.
Comes in the form of a sheet, can be gratinated, poached, or pan-fried.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters au gratin

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Beef

Braised oxtails in red wine sauce

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

Bordeaux style scallops

Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Creamy potato

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Cheeses

Kachkéis

Luxembourg.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bordeaux style crayfish

Crayfish flambéed with Cognac served with a mirepoix and a tomato and white wine-based sauce.

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Desserts

Milk pastilla

Phyllo pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream flavored with orange blossom water.

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Desserts

Mandarine givrée

Mandarine sorbet served in a mandarine.

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Poultry

Souvarov-style chicken

Souvarov : stuffing with fresh foie gras and black truffle cooked in terrine.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood tart

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Poultry

Chicken with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Poultry

Duck daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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