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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Masoor dal

India.
Spiced soup, stew or sauce made with lentils.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Cheeses

Smoked Gouda

Netherlands.
Smoked, pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.

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Poultry

Chicken cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Seafish

Bouillabaisse with saffron

Provençal fish stew. The name of this dish comes from the Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (reduce) : bouille et abaisse.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Banana, raisin and rum crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi : langoustine without head.

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Main courses

Spicy gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops in bitter-sweet

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare with mango

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Cheeses

Gaperon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Allier.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind flavored with pepper and garlic.
Ancestor of Boursin cheese.

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Main courses

Corn dog

Canada. United States.
Smoked sausage coated in batter and served on a stick.
Served with ketchup, mayonnaise or mustard.
Served hot.

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