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New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets.

New Caledonia

Featured Dishes from New Caledonia

Beignet

Beignet

Fried dough, may be topped with powdered sugar, serve with coffee

Coffee

Coffee

Fresh fruit

Fresh fruit

Fruit juice

Fruit juice

Merveille

Merveille

Milk

Milk

Pain

Pain

Bread, many different types, shapes and uses

Pain au chocolat

Pain au chocolat

Croissant filled with dark chocolate

Pastry

Pastry

Many different kinds, for example, buns, cinnamon rolls, danishes, croissants, breads, muffins, scones, coffee cake, tarts

Riz au lait

Riz au lait

Yaourt

Yaourt

Beignet

Beignet

Fried dough, may be topped with powdered sugar, serve with coffee

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Breadfruit and coconut milk

Bredele

Bredele

Cookies, several varieties and flavors, for example, anise, cinnamon, orange, spice, common during Christmas

Bûche de Noël

Bûche de Noël

Yule log cake, common during Christmas

Chocolate

Chocolate

Roasted and ground cacao seeds, made into chocolate bars, used in sweets, desserts, moles, sauces, drinks, cakes, cookies, used in many recipes and foods

Clafoutis

Clafoutis

Baked fruit and batter dessert, for example, cherry clafoutis

Crepe

Crepe

Thin pancake, topped or filled with a variety of fillings, sweet or savory

Éclair

Éclair

Oblong-shaped choux pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate

Financier

Financier

Small almond cake

Flan

Flan

Custard dessert topped with a layer of caramel sauce, variations include coconut, chestnut, chocolate

Floating island

Floating island

Meringue floating on crème anglaise

Fondant au chocolat

Fondant au chocolat

A rich chocolate cake, may have a gooey center, similar to moelleux au chocolate cake but not quite as runny

Galette des rois

Galette des rois

Gateau

Gateau

Cake, many different types

Gateau au yaourt

Gateau au yaourt

Ice cream

Ice cream

Macaron

Macaron

Meringue cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, sugar, then made into sandwiches using fruit curd, buttercream or ganache

Madeleines

Madeleines

Tea cookies, miniature shell-shaped butter cakes

Moelleux au chocolat

Moelleux au chocolat

Molten chocolate cake with crème anglaise

Pain perdu

Pain perdu

Sliced bread soaked in eggs and milk, then fried

Palmier

Palmier

Heart-shape cookie made from puff pastry and coated in caramelized sugar

Pastry

Pastry

Many different kinds, for example, buns, cinnamon rolls, danishes, croissants, breads, muffins, scones, coffee cake, tarts

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Po'e

Po‘e or poke is a Polynesian pudding usually eaten as a dessert. Traditionally, po'e was made by cooking and mashing bananas into a smooth consistency and mixing together with arrowroot flour. The mixture was wrapped in banana leaves and baked in an earth oven until set into a pudding-like consistency, cut into smaller pieces and served together with coconut cream. Modern versions of the recipe replace bananas with other fruits such as papaya, mango or squash and using cassava or corn starch as the thickening agent.

Poire à la Beaujolaise

Poire à la Beaujolaise

Pears poached in wine

Poire Belle Hélène

Poire Belle Hélène

Pears poached in sugar syrup, served with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup

Riz au lait

Riz au lait

Sablés

Sablés

Butter cookies, many flavors, serve with coffee, tea

Sablés

Sablés

Butter cookies, many flavors, serve with coffee, tea

Sorbet

Sorbet

Soufflé

Soufflé

Baked egg-based dish, may be sweet or savory

Tarte au citron

Tarte au citron

Tarte tatin

Tarte tatin

Upside-down caramelized fruit tart

Champagne

Champagne

Sparkling wine produced in Champagne, France, a protected French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée recognized in 121 countries around the world as of 2019

Coconut water

Coconut water

Coffee

Coffee

French wine

French wine

French wine

French wine

Fruit juice

Fruit juice

Kava

Kava

A beverage made from the powdered roots of the kava plant, known for its sedating effects

Number One

Number One

Bami

Bami

Stir fried noodles with meat, seafood, vegetables, greens, egg

Beef

Beef

Blanquette de veau

Blanquette de veau

Veal stewed in a white sauce with onions and mushrooms

Blue prawn

Blue prawn

Bougna

Bougna

A Kanak dish of meat, seafood, vegetables and coconut milk wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in with hot stones in an earth oven, made with fish, seafood, meat, chicken, yams, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cassava, poingo bananas, plantains

Boulette

Boulette

Brochette

Brochette

Skewered and grilled meat, chicken, pork, goat, beef, fish, scallops, prawns, venison, vegetables

Bulime

Bulime

Snails from the Isle of Pines, for example, cooked in coconut milk, with garlic and butter, in stews, bougna

Cassoulet

Cassoulet

Casserole of white beans, duck, pork, onions and carrots

Cerf

Cerf

Venison, made into ragout, skewered and grilled, salad, sausages

Ceviche

Ceviche

Raw fish, seafood, shrimp, in citrus juice and seasonings

Chicken

Chicken

Choucroute garnie

Choucroute garnie

Pickled cabbage with sausage, bacon, ham, pork hocks, potatoes

Coconut crab

Coconut crab

An endangered species, coconut crabs are large crustacean that primarily feed on coconuts

Confit de canard

Confit de canard

Duck cooked in its own fat

Court

Court

bouillon - Broth with fish, seafood

Crepe

Crepe

Thin pancake, topped or filled with a variety of fillings, sweet or savory

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Crevette

River prawns, commonly pan-fried

Croque madame

Croque madame

Ham and cheese sandwich topped with an egg

Croque monsieur

Croque monsieur

Ham and cheese sandwich, fried or baked, with bechamel sauce

Duck à l'orange

Duck à l'orange

Duck with bitter orange sauce

Escargot

Escargot

Escargots à la bourguignonne, snails with parsley butter

Fish

Fish

Raw, grilled, wrapped in banana leaves and baked, skewered, fried

Langoustes à la créole

Langoustes à la créole

Mahi

Mahi

Moonfish

Moonfish

Moules marinières

Moules marinières

Mussels cooked with white wine, onions, herbs, cream

Octopus

Octopus

Octopus stew

Octopus stew

Oyster

Oyster

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Pawpaw curry

Green papaya in coconut curry, serve with rice

Pork

Pork

Quiche Lorraine

Quiche Lorraine

Savory egg custard with bacon, Gruyère or Swiss cheese and onions

Rousette

Rousette

Sashimi

Sashimi

Thinly sliced raw fish, commonly served with, for example, soy sauce, daikon, ginger, shiso, sauces, or enhanced with marinades, other types of meat can also be used

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Sauté de cerf à la calédonienne

Sauteed Caledonian deer

Sea snail

Sea snail

Seafood

Seafood

Shellfish

Shellfish

Soufflé

Soufflé

Baked egg-based dish, may be sweet or savory

Spiny lobster

Spiny lobster

Sushi

Sushi

Small, bite-sized preparations of sushi rice with seafood, fish, eel, vegetables, fruit, seaweed, sesame seeds, many different types and ways to prepare

Tartiflette

Tartiflette

Casserole made with potatoes, cheese, lardons, onions

Tuna

Tuna

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Vivaneau à la sauce tomate noix de coco

Snapper in tomato and coconut sauce

Vol au vent

Vol au vent

Puff pastry, commonly with a savory filling, for example, chicken, fish

Achard

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Achard

Pickled fruit, vegetables, spices

Avocado salad

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Avocado salad

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