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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed mushrooms with taramasalata

Taramasalata : specialty based on salted and cured roe (cod or mullet) added with olive oil and fresh cream and lemon.
In France, generally served with blinis.

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Cooked meats

Prosciutto di Parma

Italy. Parma.
Ham from the pork breeds : Duroc or Large White and slaughtered at the age of 9 months.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Capri lézéen

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind placed on a chestnut leaf.
Ripening : 1 to 2 weeks.

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Appetizers

Cade

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.

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Beef

Braised beef

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

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with porcini

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

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Cheeses

Thomasville tomme

United States. Georgia.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with natural rind.

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Desserts

Mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavoured buttercream.

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with lemon sauce

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.
Lemon sauce: lemon, olive oil.

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Veal

Roasted veal medallion

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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