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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Lamb irish stew

Ireland.
Mutton stew with carrots, onions, and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Crab tart

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants with goat cheese

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Appetizers

Fish fritters with tartare sauce

Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.

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Cheeses

Santranges

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Sea fish

Monkfish in 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."

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chanterelle with cream

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Desserts

Mango bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Poultry

Braised duck

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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Veal

Roasted rack of veal with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with Nantua sauce

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

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Duck pithivier

Puff pastry pie filled with duck confit, duck foie gras, mushrooms, onions, and a touch of whisky.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops gratin

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Others

Pork gyros

Gyros : greek-origin sandwich, derived from döner kebab, made with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce in pita bread.

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Others

Sterlet caviar

Russian caviar.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with thyme

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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