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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked green bell pepper

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with anise and grilled fennel

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

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Desserts

Gâteau basque with rhum-flavoured pastry cream

Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.

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Veal

Veal tenderloin with mushrooms

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb

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

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Rabbit

Roast rabbit with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes pinzimonio

Pinzimonio : raw vegetables soaked with seasoned olive oil.

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Warm starters

Pork nem with spices

Nem : pancake stuffed with rice and rolled.

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Desserts

Banana and coconut 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 parsley sauce

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Game birds

Papillot of young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass in a beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Stew of lamb with spices

Navarin : stew.

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Poultry

Catalan-style chicken

Chicken with onion, prunes, pine nuts and tomato.

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Main meals

Cheese fondue

Switzerland.
Dish based hard cheeses (Beaufort, Comté, Swiss Gruyere, Vacherin Fribourg).

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb chops with persillade

Persillade : mixture of parsley and garlic chopped with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil.

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Sauces

Red pepper sauce

Sauce made with cream, olive oil, onion and red pepper.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Gournay

France. Normandie. Seine-Maritime. Pays de Bray. Gournay-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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