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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sauteed morel

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Veal

Veal chop milanesa

Milanesa : breadcrumbs with Parmesan cheese

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Desserts

Mendiant

France. Alsace.
Cake made with stale bread, seasonal fruit and milk slowly baked in a buttered pan.
Preferably served warm.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled scallops

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Desserts

Savarin with rum

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Poultry

Duck with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Desserts

Apple and walnut crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Cheeses

Sorbais

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind. Refining: at least 4 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Stew of lamb

Navarin : stew.

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Sea fish

Bacalao al pil pil

Basque Country.
Dish with salt cod, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper (pil pil).

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Desserts

Mango charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio with herbs

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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