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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed turnip

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pâté gaumais

Belgium.
Pork pie with meat marinated in wine or vinegar, spiced with herbs and aromatic seasonings.
Served hot or cold.

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Game birds

Pheasant in chartreuse of vegetables

Chartreuse : a dish cooked in a bain-marie, made of braised cabbage (or other vegetables) layered alternately with meat to create a contrast of colors.

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Pork

Pork tenderloin with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cheeses

Bonchester

United Kingdom. Scotland.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Others

Oven-baked croque-monsieur with bechamel sauce

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with béchamel sauce, baked golden.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab claws with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Cheeses

Bethmale de chèvre

France. Occitania. Ariège.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fried squid

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

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Main meals

Galette saucisse

France. Brittany.
Grilled pork sausage rolled in a cold buckwheat galette.

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Cheeses

Caerphilly

United Kingdom. Wales.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Poultry

Stuffed guinea fowl

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Young wild boar pie

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