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Meal families

Main meals

Oxtail daube with red wine

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

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Cheeses

Feta

Greece.
Sheep's milk cheese curdled in brine.

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Desserts

Tarte Tatin

Tart with upside-down apples caramelized in butter and sugar.

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Poultry

Chicken galantine

Galantine : mixture of meat and bacon sliced or chopped then boiled.

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Cheeses

Goat cheese marinated in white wine

Dry goat cheese soaked in white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Pasta dish made with tomatoes cooked with salted anchovies, garlic, capers, olives, and chili.

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Desserts

Gugelhupf

Brioche that contains raisins, almonds and Kirsch, sometimes also candied fruits and nuts.

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Main meals

Gratin savoyard

Dish without cream or milk, made of potatoes cooked in beef broth and gratinated with a regional hard cheese such as Beaufort, Emmental, or Gruyère.

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Game animals

Marinated venison with huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.

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Desserts

Clafoutis

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Limousin.
Cake made with whole black cherries (guignes), topped with a batter similar to flan custard.

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon with beurre blanc sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Capri lézéen

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind placed on a chestnut leaf.
Ripening : 1 to 2 weeks.

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