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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Asparagus gratin

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Main meals

Vegetable curry

Base : eggplant, zucchini, potato , etc

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Poultry

Braised duck with mushrooms

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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Pork

Sainte-Menehould style pork trotters

Pork trotters slow-boiled then pan-coated and fried.
This allows them to be eaten entirely (including the bones).

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb navarin

Navarin : stew.

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Consommé and Soup

Lamb chorba

Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, lamb, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.

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Others

Lamb pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with thinly sliced lamb, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Appetizers

Pistade de piste

France. Occitania. Hérault. Sète.
Spread made with raw young squid meat (piste) mixed with an anchovy, chili pepper and olive oil sauce.
Eaten on a slice of grilled bread.

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Desserts

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Game animals

Saddle of hare with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk-fed lamb with savory

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Poultry

Duck manchon confit

Duck wing drumette : upper part of the duck wing.

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Sea fish

Turbot soufflé with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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