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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with seafood

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb confit with sweet garlic

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

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Sauces

Red pepper sauce

Red pepper sauce : sauce made with crème fraîche, olive oil, onion, and red bell pepper.

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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb à la boulangère

Boulangere : studded with garlic cloves.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp

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Desserts

Chocolate dome cake

Dark chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse.

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Sea fish

Brandade with black truffle

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Picolin

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Cheeses

Livarot

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored and square shape.

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with apricots

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Eggs

Quail eggs with green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid in american sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Sea fish

John Dory with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed prawns

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Shellfish and Seafood

Eclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime.
Mussels cooked over a pine needle fire.
Generally eaten with bread and butter.

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