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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants with Chavignol

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Cooked meats

Caillette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.

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Cheeses

Black Betty

Netherlands. North Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with black waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Sea fish

Blanquette of salmon

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cooked meats

Duck paté with duck foie gras

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Bijou

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb kidneys with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Guacamole with prawn

Guacamole : preparation made with mashed avocado, fresh cilantro, lime juice, onions, fresh chili, tomatoes and salt.

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Cooked meats

Rillauds

France. Pays de la Loire. Maine-et-Loire.
Pork belly with crispy crackling, rendered and confit in fat.

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Desserts

Douillon à la poire

France. Normandy.
Pear hollowed out in the center and filled with granulated sugar with a teaspoon of Calvados and butter, or with jam for children, baked in the oven in shortcrust or puff pastry.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Desserts

Maltese strawberries

Strawberries served with orange juice and Cointreau.

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Sea fish

Fresh anchovies marinated in white wine

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Cold starters

Fish in a shell with mayonnaise

Cold dish made of mixed diced vegetables (macédoine) with lettuce, cold fish (hake, salmon) and mayonnaise.

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