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Meal families

Sea fish

Grilled darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Pasta dish made with tomatoes cooked with salted anchovies, garlic, capers, olives, and chili.

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Main meals

Chicken couscous

Couscous : steamed wheat semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.

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Sea fish

Estocafic

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritime. Nice.
Stew with potatoes, bell peppers, onion, olives, olive oil, garlic, and bouquet garni.

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Cheeses

Hidden Falls

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Poultry

Pigeon wings with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with pommes Pont-Neuf potatoes

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Cheeses

Cheese curds

Canada. United States.
Cheddar-type cow's milk cheese curds.

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Cheeses

Ewephoria

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chinese noodles

Pasta cooked in a broth (herbal, chicken, etc).

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Rabbit

Rabbit in mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme and black olives

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

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Cheeses

Cheshire

United Kingdom.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Pork

Diots with polenta

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Main meals

Moitie-Moitie fondue

Fondue made with equal parts Vacherin Mont d'Or and Gruyère cheeses.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with honey

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Appetizers

Cade

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Var.
Thick galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.

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