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Meal families

Cheeses

Limburger

Germany. Netherlands. Limburg.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Offal and tripe

Tripous

Aveyron speciality.
Dish made with small strips of veal, usually rolled in sheep pansette (usually lamb) and tied with twine. Cooking in a veal stock with salt, pepper, white wine, carrot and tomato.

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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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Desserts

Exotic fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Appetizers

Arancini al ragù

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, stuffed with ragu (meat in tomato sauce) and peas./ Served hot.

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Freshwater fish

Supreme of pike-perch in a beurre blanc sauce

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

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Cheeses

L’Explorateur

France. Ile de France. Seine-et-Marne. Saint Siméon.
Triple cream raw cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Cold starters

Fish bread with green sauce

Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with mashed chervil, cress, spinach and parsley.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta and clams

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Offal and tripe

Merguez frites

Merguez: sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with condiments (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili, etc.).

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Desserts

Pear crumble with vanilla

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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Sea fish

Steamed sea bass with black truffle

Steam or stew : Steaming in a container closed by a lid.

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Sea fish

John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Warm starters

Pork nem with spices

Nem : pancake stuffed with rice and rolled.

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Poultry

Duck Apicius

Duck with honey and spices.

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy.
Blue-veined cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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