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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Passion fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Main courses

Chicken tajine with almonds and dates

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb confit

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Poultry

Chicken fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Main courses

Pork colombo

France. French Guiana.
Colombo : highly aromatic stew prepared with a marinade of spice blend (garlic, lime, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, bay leaf, chili pepper, black pepper, thyme) and then sautéed in oil with various vegetables (eggplant, plantain, carrots, green beans, potatoes, or very often rice) and tropical fruits.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
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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Seafish

Sole with beurre noisette sauce

Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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