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Meal families

Cheeses

Brin d’Amour

France. Corsica. Soft-ripened sheep's milk cheese with a natural rind covered with herbs, juniper berries and small peppers.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.

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Others

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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Cheeses

Mature Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 9 to 12 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Brasucade

France. Occitania. Languedoc-Roussillon.
Cooking mussels over a wood fire in a large frying pan before being sprinkled with a marinade.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue: spiny lobster meat slices placed in a row on the shell and served cold.

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Desserts

Dacquoise

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake made of layers of almond and hazelnut meringue (sometimes added with coconut or pistachio) and whipped cream or buttercream topped with icing sugar.
Serve cold.

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Main meals

Mique lotoise

France. Quercy.
A type of bread ball cooked in broth with meat (usually salt pork or ribs and shank, sometimes andouille sausage) and vegetables (carrot, cabbage, turnip, leek, potato).
Served hot or cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato salad with black truffle oil

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Desserts

Chocolate and cofee 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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