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Croque-madame with bechamel sauce
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
Poultry
Pigeon with orange
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.
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Oriental style 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 minced meat (lamb, beef, chicken, etc.), hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Artichokes a la croque au sel
À la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, like radishes.
In general, avoid serving wine with raw artichoke.
Cheeses
Checy
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bay scallop carpaccio with a lemon sauce
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.
Sheep and Goats
Lamb with spring vegetables and Soubise sauce
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.
Desserts
Calisson
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Mixture of candied melon and almond powder with an egg glaze, set on a sheet of unleavened bread.
One of the 13 traditional desserts of Provençal Christmas.
Cheeses
Beaufort d’été
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Type of Beaufort cheese produced from June 1 to October 31.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
Cold starters
Fish in a shell with mayonnaise
Cold dish made of mixed diced vegetables (macédoine) with lettuce, cold fish (hake, salmon) and mayonnaise.
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Guinea fowl salmis
Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.
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Figatellu
France. Corsica.
Fresh sausage made primarily of pork meat and liver with garlic.
Sauces
Paprika sauce
Paprika sauce : reduced velouté with cream, veal jus, onion, and paprika.
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