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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.).
Sheep and Goats
Roasted leg of lamb with parsley sauce
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Parsley sauce : parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.
Main meals
Gratin savoyard
Dish without cream or milk, made of potatoes cooked in beef broth and gratinated with a regional hard cheese such as Beaufort, Emmental, or Gruyère.
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Fresh goat cheese quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
Shellfish and Seafood
Cockles and persillade sauce
Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.
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Roquefort
France. Occitania. Aveyron. Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
Blue cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Cooked meats
Salami
Originating from Italy. Sausage made from salted pieces of pork, seasoned with a blend of spices and herbs, then air-dried. Sometimes the meat is smoked or cooked before drying.
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Chocolate mirror cake
Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.
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Pecorino sardo
Italy. Sardinia.
Smoked, pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw sheep’s milk with a natural straw-colored rind.
Ripening : 20 to 60 days.
Cheeses
Comté
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Shellfish and Seafood
Shrimp tempura
Tempura : frying batter made with flour, egg and ice water, in which all sorts of vegetables cut into slices or matchsticks, seafood or fish are dipped before frying in sesame oil.
Generally, tempura is dipped in a sauce (dashi, mirin, and soy sauce, flavored with condiments like grated ginger and daikon radish) and served with noodles or rice.