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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Cheeses

Crottin de Chavignol

France. Loire Valley. Chavignol near Sancerre.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind.

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Cheeses

Tomme de Courchevel

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Praslin.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Carré de l’Est

France. Lorraine.
Soft-ripened pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Freshwater fish

Gefilte fish

Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
Stuffed fish (with pike, hake… and served sliced) or large fish balls topped with a slice of carrot with a horseradish sauce.
Serve cold or warm.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pheasant pie

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Pork

Diots

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with thyme

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster americaine

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Main meals

Cottage cheese pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : Pasta stuffed and cooked in boiling water.
Served hot or cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops with citrus fruits

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed artichokes with shrimp

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Salads

Apple and walnut salad

Apple salad and celery chopped in julienne accompanied by walnuts and mayonnaise sauce.

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Sauces

Maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : hollandaise sauce base flavored with the juice of blood oranges and garnished with blanched orange zest.

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