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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Provencal pieds paquets

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Sisteron. Bouches-du-Rhône. Marseille.
Dish made of feet and paunch sheep stuffed with belly or salt pork simmered in a white wine sauce and tomato.

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Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu

Blue: cooked in court-bouillon and vinegar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Cold starters

Bottarga toast

Botargo : salted and dried mullet eggs.

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Desserts

Praline hazelnut macaron

Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.

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Poultry

Duck breast with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Croziflette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pasta gratin with fresh cream and reblochon.

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Main meals

Pad thai

Thailand.
Rice noodles sautéed in a wok with grilled shrimp, bean sprouts, scrambled egg, crumbled tofu in a nam pla sauce (fish sauce).
Served with a sweet lime-based sauce.

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Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte with red wine

Rabbit stew with red wine.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with juniper berries

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

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Desserts

Bananas Foster

Banana flambé with vanilla ice cream and a sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.

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Main meals

Hochepot

France. Hauts-de-France.
Stew with oxtail, shoulder of mutton, salt pork and vegetables.

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Beef

Rib steak with porcini

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Thermidor

Spiny Lobster meat mixed with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock and mustard served in its shell. It can also be served with an oven-browned cheese crust.

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Pork

Roast pork with Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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