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Beef
Bordeaux style entrecote with porcini mushrooms
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.
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Sablé with salted butter and cherry jam
Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).
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Garbure
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gascony.
Cabbage soup with vegetables (broad beans, potatoes, turnip, green peas, onion, garlic, carrot, celeriac, etc) and typically meat pieces, often confit (duck, pork, goose giblets, pork shank, cured ham, sausage, etc).
Shellfish and Seafood
Scallop carpaccio with tapenade
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.
Cooked meats
Rustic food buffet
Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, and the guests help themselves.
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Salmon carpaccio with herbs
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Vegetable samosa
Samosa : triangular pastry filled with spiced vegetables (carrot, onion, peas, potato, etc) and spices (coriander, turmeric, chili), with thin, golden and crispy dough.
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Caux-style salad
Potato-based salad with diced ham, chervil, watercress, and a cream and cider vinegar dressing.
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Pièce montée
Traditional large dessert served at communions, weddings, or festive meals.
Generally features an architectural shape and significant ornamentation.
Main meals
Young wild boar daube
Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.
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Edam
Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Desserts
Apple and rhubarb crumble
Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.
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Gazpacho
Spain. Portugal.
Cold soup made from raw vegetables (cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato) blended with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, olive oil, salt and vinegar.
Game animals
Hare à la Cuillère with grilled bacon and chasseur sauce
A la cuillère : meat slow-cooked in a casserole dish (4 to 8 hours at 160°C), hollowed out and stuffed, then gratinéed before serving.
Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.