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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood skewers

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Cheeses

Bouyguette

France. Occitania. Tarn.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk garnished with a sprig of rosemary.

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Eggs

Peasant omelette

Omelet with mushrooms, bacon, potatoes and Comté cheese.

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Desserts

Walnut charlotte

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Vegetables quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Cheeses

Robiola di Roccaverano

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's, goat’s and/or cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Poultry

Souvarov-style chicken

Souvarov : stuffing with fresh foie gras and black truffle cooked in terrine.

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Sea fish

Sea bass and salmon tartare with sorrel sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fish pie

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Poultry

Chicken with ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with linden butter

Linden butter sauce : creamed linden infusion, reduced, then buttered.

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Sea fish

Bordeaux style lamprey

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its blood and served with garlic croutons.

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Poultry

Duck manchon confit

Duck wing drumette : upper part of the duck wing.

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Sea fish

Golden sea bream 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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Poultry

Orange glazed duck

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Roast duck with orange sauce.

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Main meals

Cabbage potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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