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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Cheeses

Patachouffe

Belgium.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese with a beer-washed rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable pannequet with fresh herbs

Pannequet: pancake filled with a salty or sweet preparation.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Turnip

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Main meals

Chicken couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Goat cheese and bacon quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Pork

Salt pork

Salt-cured pork.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with jelly

Oysters poached in their own juice and served on a lemon jelly made with chicken stock.

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Cheeses

Bleu mont dairy bandaged Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 12 to 24 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Pistache Saint-Gaudinoise

France. Midi-Pyrénées. Haute Garonne.
Mutton stew with white bean, pork, lard and garlic.

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Offal and tripe

Tripe

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Poultry

Braised duck with mushrooms

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

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Game birds

Salmi of mallard

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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