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Pork 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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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza marinara

Italy. Naples.
Tomato pizza seasoned with garlic, olive oil and oregano.

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Desserts

Panettone

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Brioche with candied fruit, raisins and citrus zest.

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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

Knuckle of lamb confit

Knuckle of lamb : meat joint from below the knee.

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Beef

Steak au poivre vert

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Desserts

Vanilla charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Poultry

Coq au vin blanc

Alsatian speciality.

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Game birds

Young partridge with black truffle

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Warm starters

Bouchée à la reine

France. Lorraine.
Individual puff pastry garnish with veal sweetbreads.

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Pork

Welsh rarebit

United Kingdom. Wales.
Dish based on cheddar cheese, amber or dark beer on a slice of bread and ham with french fries and salad.

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Warm starters

Vol-au-vent financiere

Vol-au-vent : hollow case for several people (diameter of at least 15 centimeters) of puff pastry with meat, sweetbreads, fish, crustaceans, snails, mushrooms mixed in a sauce (bisque, béchamel sauce with cream, Nantua sauce…).
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) with the addition of Madeira and truffle essence.

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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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Poultry

Bordeaux style duck daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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