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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sicilian pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, onions, tomatoes, herbs and strong cheese (Caciocavallo and Toma).

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Main meals

Chinese hot pot

Stew made with ingredients placed into a pot and cooked at the table.
Dish with thinly sliced meat, leaf vegetables, fish, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, seafood...

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Cold starters

Smoked salmon and shrimps in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Warm starters

Pan fried duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Cheeses

Mignon

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : at least 3 weeks.

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Poultry

Chicken fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Cheeses

Crü di capra

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon marinade

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

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Game birds

Quails with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels pistou

Pistou : Provencal sauce of crushed basil, garlic and olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp scampi

Scampi: langoustine without head.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with potatoes

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Rabbit

Rabbit fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Desserts

Fig pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with herbs de Provence

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

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