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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Trout with meuniere sauce

Meunière sauce : liquid from the cooking with butter, chopped parsley and lemon.

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Main meals

Galette saucisse

France. Brittany.
Grilled pork sausage wrapped in a cold buckwheat galette.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with boulangere potatoes

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Boulangere potatoes : baked potatoes with onions in broth.

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Beef

Rib steak in salt crust

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Main meals

Bearn piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Culinary specialty based on green and red peppers, chilli pepper, onions and tomatoes, served with Bayonne ham.

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Pork

Pork shoulder with diable sauce

France. Alsace.
Pork shoulder coated in a mustard sauce with garlic, shallot and parsley, wrapped in pig's caul fat.

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Main meals

Sausage rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy paste or sauce composed of fruits or vegetables cut with crushed ginger, minced onions and chilli.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Beef

Bordeaux style pan seared rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Sea fish

Sea bass and salmon tartar with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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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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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano joven

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : over 5 months.

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