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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pie

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Cheeses

Fresh Écume De Wimereux

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais.
Soft-ripened raw double cream cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Sainte-Maure de Touraine

France. Touraine. Sainte-Maure de Touraine.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 10 days minimum.

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Appetizers

Cheese breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Desserts

Praline bavarois

Bavarois : cold moulded dessert made ​​with custard or fruit puree, mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine.

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Main meals

Chicken gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : vegetable stew (celery, onion, pepper) with a thick and very fragrant broth to which seafood (usually crab, shrimp or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken and smoked meat : andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Usually served with rice.

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Desserts

Vacherin

Dessert with meringue crust filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes fruit and coated with whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Poultry

Phat kaphrao kai

Thailand.
Stir-fried minced chicken with basil and chilli.

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Sea fish

Braised sea bass with fennel

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams mariniere with thyme

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with wild mushrooms

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Veal

Lucullus veal cutlet

Veal cutlet wrapped by bacon or ham and melted cheese.

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