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Meal families

Cold starters

Crab aspic with herbs

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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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb confit with spices

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
One thigh is called Chump. Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cheeses

Green Dirt Farm’s Ruby

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk with a washed rind.

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Game animals

Haunch of venison with huntsman sauce

Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.

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Cheeses

Cantal jeune

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months maximum.

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Sea fish

Atascaburras

Spain. Albacete and Cuenca speciality.
Brandade done with salt cod, olive oil, potato and chestnut.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes

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Desserts

Pear diplomat

Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a layer of custard filled with pear and covered with whipped cream topped with a candied cherry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Karnıyarık

Turkey.
Eggplants stuffed with garlic, onion, parsley, pepper, tomato and minced meat.

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Consommé and Soup

Chicken chorba

Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, chicken, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.

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Sheep and Goats

Méchoui

Sheep or whole lamb roasted on a spit and cooked slowly.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Cold starters

Scallop shell of fish with mayonnaise

Cold dish with macedonia, cold fish (hake, salmon), mayonnaise and letttuce.

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