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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hummus

Mashed chickpeas and tahini (sesame cream) seasoned with garlic, salt and lemon juice. Served with olive oil.

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Poultry

Casseroled chicken bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Poultry

Gaston Gérard chicken

France. Burgundy. Dijon.
Chicken cooked with grated Comté cheese, fresh cream, Dijon mustard, paprika and white Burgundy wine.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Hawaiian pizza

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets a l’unilateral

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

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Main meals

Alsatian style süriruawa

Süriruawa : turnips preserved in salt.

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Cheeses

Bijou

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Cheeses

Little boy blue cheese

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Main meals

Aligot

Aligot : mashed potatoes mixed with butter, cream, crushed garlic, and melted cheese (Tome fraîche de l’Aubrac).

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Sea fish

Marinated anchovies with white wine

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Desserts

Pink biscuits of Reims Charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Warm starters

Lobster raviole with cream

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sauteed prawns

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable tian

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops fricassee with fresh cream

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Sauces

Spiny lobster butter

Spiny lobster meat with butter.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast saddle of lamb

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

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