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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Apple and walnut crumble with raisins

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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Pork

Diots

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pepperoni pizza

United States.
Pizza made with basil, mozzarella, tomato, olive oil and pepperoni (sausage made from a mixture of beef and pork, sometimes turkey with paprika or another pepper).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

mixed fried horn of plenty

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Beef

Bordeaux style entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Cheeses

Gratte-paille

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

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled noisette of lamb

Noisette : small round piece of lean meat.

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Cheeses

Saint-André

France. Normandy. Orne.
Triple cream cow's milk cheese, soft with white mould rind.

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Game birds

Young partridge with cabbage

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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