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Meal families

Pork

Salt pork

Salt-cured pork.

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Sea fish

Sea bass in escabeche

Escabeche : marinade made with oil and vinegar (or lemon juice).

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Desserts

Dacquoise

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake composed of several discs of meringue pastry with almonds and hazelnuts (sometimes with added coconut or pistachios) with butter cream and covered with icing sugar.
Serve cold.

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Main meals

Bay scallop and shrimp raviole with paprika

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Pork

Braised pork chop

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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Sea fish

Hake with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pickled vegetables

Vegetable pieces (carrot, chayote, lemon, cabbage, green beans, onion…) cut into strips and cooked in oil with garlic, spices (turmeric, ginger, chili), then vinegarized.

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Main meals

Pork colombo

France. French Guiana.
Colombo : highly aromatic stew prepared with a marinade of spice blend (garlic, lime, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, bay leaf, chili pepper, black pepper, thyme) and then sautéed in oil with various vegetables (eggplant, plantain, carrots, green beans, potatoes, or very often rice) and tropical fruits.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with melted butter

Lobster served with melted butter enhanced with reduced lemon juice, and optionally, pepper or chili.

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Freshwater fish

Eel with lemon butter

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Desserts

Raspberry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Desserts

Streusel cake

Streusel : alsatian brioche topped with a type of crumble made from butter, cinnamon, flour, almond powder and sugar.

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