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Meal families

Beef

Fleischschnacka

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
(Snail meat).
A specialty made with a filling of cooked meat (usually leftover pot-au-feu) mixed with egg, onion, parsley, pepper, and salt, rolled in noodle dough before being pan-fried and then poached in broth.
Dish usually served with roasted potatoes and a green salad.

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Desserts

Fraisier cake

Cake made with strawberries, sponge cake and cream, usually covered with a layer of marzipan.

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Cheeses

Salers

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Provençal tomato tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed potato

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Main meals

Fish and chips

Breaded fish with fries.

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Poultry

Orange chick

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Game birds

Young partridge in parchment

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed zucchini

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised leg of lamb with herbs

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
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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Beef

Roasted rib steak with chanterelles

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Pork

Diots with crozets

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.
Crozets : pasta made with buckwheat flour and accompanied with Beaufort cheese strips.

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