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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with spices

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.

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Cooked meats

Poultry paté en croûte

Terrine of assorted meats, oven-baked in a pastry crust and set in natural gelatin.
Served cold.

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Salads

Vegetable salad with toro and anchovies

Toro : tuna taken from the belly.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb confit with spices

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
One thigh is called Chump. Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek tart

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Cheeses

Cheddar

United Kingdom (Cheddar, Somerset).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
The packaging usually specifies the intensity of the cheese (mild, medium, strong, extra-strong, , etc) and sometimes the maturation (young, matured, old, vintage, , etc).
Ripening : 3 to 24 months.

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Main meals

Monkfish tajine with confit lemon

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte

Rabbit stew with white wine.

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Veal

Veal chop with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Poultry

Sautéed duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Beef

Beef Wellington

Beef fillet in puff pastry with spices such as curry or ginger.

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Cheeses

Tricorne

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Cheeses

Brillat-Savarin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte d'Or. Saône-et-Loire. Grand Est. Aube. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : minimum 5 days for small formats, 8 days for others.

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Desserts

Strawberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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