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Meal families

Warm starters

Snails in puff pastry

Dish made with puff pastry.

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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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Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho with green pepper

Gaspacho : soup made of raw vegetables and served cold.

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Game birds

Young partridge with fondant potatoes

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Fondant potatoes : braised potatoes in white stock (veal and/or chicken stock with vegetable broth) with butter.

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Pork

Salt pork

Salt-cured pork.

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Cheeses

Remoudou

Belgium. Limburger.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Main meals

Chicken gumbo

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

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Cheeses

Pavé du Quercy

France. Occitania. Quercy.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind.

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Cheeses

Orval

Belgium.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind.

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Game animals

Haunch of wild boar

Haunch : leg.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Masoor dal

India.
Spicy soup, stew or sauce made from lentils.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed mushrooms

Stuffed mushrooms with ham.

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Cheeses

Vendôme cendré

France. Centre. Orléanais. Villiers-sur-Loir.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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