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Meal families

Desserts

Red fruit 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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Provencal eggplant

Eggplant with garlic, onion, parsley, tomato…

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Desserts

Far Breton

France. Brittany.
Dessert made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.

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Sauces

Cream sauce

Cream sauce : Bechamel sauce with cream.

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Beef

Grilled beef with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Others

Lamb and beef pita

Pita : round flatbread used to catch food or to make a sandwich.
Also refers to the turnover oven-baked and stuffed with food.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras cooked au torchon

Duck foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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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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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb cutlets with Pont-Neuf potatoes and spices

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Cheeses

Vacherin des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie. Abondance. Bauges Mountains.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Desserts

Chocolate macaron

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster with lemon sauce

Lemon sauce: lemon, olive oil.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : salted and dried mullet eggs.

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Beef

Rib steak cooked over vine shoots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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