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Meal families

Cold starters

Botargo

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

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Main meals

Fish with meurette sauce

Meurette sauce : based on red wine with bacon and onion compote.

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Cheeses

Milleens

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4-10 weeks.

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Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter : butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Desserts

Chocolate religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Poultry

Souvarov-style fattened chicken

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

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Stinking bishop

United Kingdom. Gloucestershire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a perry-washed rind orange-colored.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle mashed potatoes

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Pork

Diots with crozets

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.
Crozets : pasta made with buckwheat flour and accompanied with Beaufort cheese strips.

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Cooked meats

Sabodet

Cooking sausage made from pork head, tongue, and fat.
Serve hot with potatoes, cabbage, beans, or lentils.
Serve cold, after cooking, with a salad.

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Beef

Orange beef

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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