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Meal families

Warm starters

Soufflé

Served hot.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flamiche

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Oise. Somme. (Picardy).
Puff pastry tart with leeks and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichoke hearts

Pairing possible if little or no vinegar.

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Freshwater fish

Trout almondine with meuniere sauce

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

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Sauces

Montpellier butter

Butter mixed with garlic, capers, herbs (chervil, watercress, spinach, tarragon, parsley), gherkin, shallot, anchovy fillet and hard-boiled egg.

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Desserts

Palets aux raisins

Round-shaped biscuit with raisins.

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Salads

Langoustines salad with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cooked meats

Lomo embuchado

Spain.
Lomo : pork shoulder sausage marinated and aged for several months.
Served raw in very thin slices.

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Desserts

Honey soufflé

Served hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hearts of palm salad

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with Sarlat style potatoes

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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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

Royal couscous

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

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Cheeses

Fromage de Herve

Belgium. Limburger.
Pasteurized Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Pork

Diots with cabbage

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

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Sea fish

Halibut ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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