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Meal families

Beef

Beef daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Carrots Vichy

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Poultry

Chicken with morel and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Meatball stew

Canada. Quebec.
Meatballs (beef,pork) and spices (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg) served in a simmered and reduced sauce.

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Desserts

Black plum pavlova

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

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Cooked meats

Cold cut buffet

Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, the guests serve themselves.

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Game birds

Salmi of roasted pigeon

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with Pont-Neuf potatoes

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Desserts

Red velvet cake

United States.
Chocolate layer cake covered with ermine icing, cream cheese frosting or buttercream frosting.
Traditionally served at Christmas or Valentine's Day.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb in potatoes crust

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

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Beef

Pan seared rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Veal

Veal rump steack with morels and a cream sauce

Cream sauce : Bechamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Vatrushka with vanilla

Russia. Ukraine. Brioche cake topped with cottage cheese, sometimes flavored.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with thyme juice

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cheeses

Gaperon

France. Auvergne.
Pasteurized or unpasteurised soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with rind and flavored with cracked peppercorns and garlic.
Ancestor of Boursin cheese.

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