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Meal families

Poultry

Chich taouk

Spit-roasted chicken kebab, marinated in garlic, lemon, and spices (including cinnamon and cumin), grilled over charcoal.
Served sliced thin in pita bread with Toum sauce (garlic, lemon juice, oil and salt).

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Cheeses

Cancoillotte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Lorraine.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Consommé and Soup

Tom yum soup

Laos. Thailand.
Thai salad containing various spices and herbs cooked in a broth with garlic, lemon, lemongrass, kaffir lime, chilies, and fish sauce, presented as a soup.

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Sea fish

Salmon in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Desserts

Coffee bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with a natural tan to orange-brown colored rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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Desserts

Strawberries with mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Main meals

Beef rendang

Indonesia.
Rendang : dish made with meat or vegetables slowly cooked in coconut milk with spices (lemongrass, turmeric, galangal, ginger, chili).

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk-fed lamb with savory

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fricassee with herbs

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Veal

Veal chop with gremolata

Gremolata : chopped parsley with garlic and grated lemon zest.

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Cheeses

Gouda Holland

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Caillebotte

France. Brittany. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country. Poitou-Charentes. Pays de la Loire.
Cow's milk curdled with rennet.

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