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Meal families

Main meals

Flemish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pie

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Cheeses

Smoked Gubbeen

Ireland. Cork.
Oak smoked soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind then wrapped in black wax.

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Desserts

Apple crumble with spices

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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Desserts

Lemon charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sheep and Goats

Champvallon style lamb chops

Champvallon : baked between two layers of potatoes with poultry broth.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with jelly

Oysters poached in their own juice and served on a lemon-flavored jelly made from poultry broth.

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Pork

Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Veal

Blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Bleu du Queyras

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Hautes-Alpes.
Blue cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 1 month minimum.

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Veal

Tête de veau with ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Poultry

Roasted duckling à la goutte de sang

Duckling : young duck.
Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with mushrooms

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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