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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable pannequet with fresh herbs

Pannequet: pancake filled with a salty or sweet preparation.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit-roasted knuckle of lamb

Knuckle of lamb : meat joint from below the knee.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Puttanesca pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, capers, olives and peppers.

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Desserts

Apple strudel

Puff pastry stuffed with apple pieces and raisins generally accompanied by cinnamon and served hot with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, custard, or vanilla sauce.

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Offal and tripe

Merguez grillées

Merguez: sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with condiments (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili, etc.).

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Sauces

Colbert sauce

Colbert sauce : maitre d'hotel butter with gravy and tarragon.

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Desserts

Apple Flammkuchen

Thin layer of bread dough covered with cream or cottage cheese with slices of apples and flambéed with Calvados.

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Desserts

Strawberry trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Cheeses

Imokilly Regato

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow’s milk hard cheese with a natural rind.
Matured : 9-12 months.

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Cheeses

Maasdam

Netherlands.
Semi-hard cow's pasteurized milk cheese wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagne with cream and morels

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