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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Zucchini provençal
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.
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Flammekueche
France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, bacon bits, and onions.
Sea fish
Pavé of salmon with sorrel sauce
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.
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Schloss
United States. California.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with orange washed rind, packed in a wooden box.
Ripening : 5 months.
Cheeses
Claquebitou
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fresh cheese made from goat's milk.
Freshwater fish
Blanquette of zander
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Sea fish
Salmon and tuna ceviche
Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).
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Gâteau basque with rhum-flavoured pastry cream
Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.
Shellfish and Seafood
Lobster a la nage with beurre blanc sauce
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Sea fish
Marinated anchovies
Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.
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Aisy cendré
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind covered with ash.
Shellfish and Seafood
Blanquette of scallops with Noilly Prat
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.
Desserts
Merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Freshwater fish
Fish quenelles with americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."