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Meal families

Cheeses

Baked mozzarella

Mozarella : speciality of Campania made with buffalo milk by the pasta filata method.

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Desserts

Chocolate mirror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Cheeses

Caprice des Dieux

France.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Cheeses

Crottin de Champcol

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's cheese with mould on the rind.

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Main meals

Royal 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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Sea fish

Atascaburras

Spain. Albacete and Cuenca speciality.
Brandade done with salt cod, olive oil, potato and chestnut.

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Cheeses

Gaperon

France. Auvergne.
Pasteurized or unpasteurised soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with rind and flavored with cracked peppercorns and garlic.
Ancestor of Boursin cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chicken rice pilaf

Pilaf : wheat, quinoa or rice cooked in a seasoned broth in the oven or casserole.

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Cheeses

Carré frais

France. Burgundy. Normandy. Seine-Maritime.
Industrial cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk salted curds.

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Appetizers

Parmesan breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.

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Sauces

Albufera sauce

Supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with honey

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Desserts

Chocolate and red fruit 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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Desserts

Raspberry miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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