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Meal families

Desserts

Diplomat

Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a layer of custard filled with candied fruit and covered with whipped cream topped with a candied cherry.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano vecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 18 to 24 months.

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Beef

Braised beef cheek with carrots

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cooked meats

Rabbit pâté with prunes

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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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb in potatoes crust

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Cheeses

Truffe du Périgord

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Périgord. Dordogne.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and black rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Sea fish

Zarzuela

Spain. Catalonia. Valencia.
Mixture of shellfish, crustaceans and fish simmered in a sauce (sofregit) based on olive oil with garlic, herbs, onion, tomato.…
Like a paella without rice .

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable tian

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop with braised endive

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Consommé and Soup

Chicken chorba

Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, chicken, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.

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Poultry

Stuffed capon

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood lasagne

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