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Meal families

Cooked meats

Mallard terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Main meals

Flemish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs whose broth is bound with butter or cream.

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Desserts

Walnut macaron

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

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Desserts

Plum dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Desserts

Strawberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Cheeses

Vendôme bleu

France. Centre. Orléanais. Villiers-sur-Loir.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with spices

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

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Cheeses

Fromage de Herve

Belgium. Limburger.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Sea fish

Steamed sea bass with black truffle

Steam or stew : Steaming in a container closed by a lid.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel and horn of plenty fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Desserts

Pineapple miror cake

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Goat cheese tart

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Sea fish

Provencal style shad

Provencal : with sautéed tomato in olive oil with bread, garlic, onion and parsley.

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