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Cheeses
Gabietou
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's and cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 4 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Vanilla mille-feuille
Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Calisson
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Mixture of candied melon and almond powder with an egg glaze, set on a sheet of unleavened bread.
One of the 13 traditional desserts of Provençal Christmas.
Sauces
Guacamole
Preparation made with mashed avocado, fresh cilantro, lime juice, onions, fresh chili, tomatoes and salt.
Freshwater fish
Trout with red wine sauce
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.
Shellfish and Seafood
Scallops in bitter-sweet
Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.
Salads
Mesclun with black truffle
Mesclun : mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves from chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Pissaladiere
Bread dough topped with onions (caramelized or puréed), olives, garlic and anchovies.
Cold starters
Seafood with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
Hot Starters
Spinach and ricotta quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.