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Meal families

Desserts

Pink Charlotte with red fruit

Charlotte made with pink Reims biscuits dipped in champagne, milk or ratafia with red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, currant).

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Sea fish

Provencal hake

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Sea fish

Lox

Salmon cut into fillets or one piece that has been cold-smoked or cured in brine.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Bresse

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Blue-veined cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Mascaré de Banon

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Raw sheep's and goat’s milk cheese curdled in a chestnut leaf.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with garlic

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

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Main meals

Seafood gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : vegetable stew (celery, onion, pepper) with a thick and very fragrant broth to which seafood (usually crab, shrimp or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken and smoked meat : andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Usually served with rice.

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Poultry

Squab 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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Consommé and Soup

Frog legs veloute

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Veal

Veal tenderloin with morel sauce

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.
Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Pork

Confit of marinated pork belly with sweet spices and olive oil

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

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Pork

Rouelle of pork

Rouelle : a thick slice of meat cut from the hind leg.

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