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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate soufflé with vanilla custard

Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Pork

Peking knuckle of pork with spices

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Sea fish

Cold salmon mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Cooked meats

Hare pâté with mushroom

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Sea fish

Bilbao eels

Basque Country.
Dish with elver eels, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with parsley sauce

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Eggs

Peasant omelette

Omelette with mushroom, bacon, potato and Comté cheese.

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Consommé and Soup

Chowder

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente. Vendée.
Fish soup that can be served with potatoes or slices of bread.

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Beef

Fleischschnacka

France. Alsace.
(Snail meat). Specialty consisting of a stuffing made from cooked meat (usually leftover pot-au-feu) with egg, onion, parsley, pepper and salt rolled in noodle dough before being pan-fried and then poached in broth.
Usually accompanied by roasted potatoes and green salad.

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Sauces

Henri IV sauce

Bearnaise sauce with veal stock.

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Appetizers

Tapenade

Garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Main meals

Makizushi

Roll of dried seaweed (nori) containing a layer of rice surrounding fish or vegetables, all sliced.

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