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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Pike and leek purée with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant tian with fresh goat cheese

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with ginger

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Salads

Langoustines salad with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Beef

Braised beef with carrots

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Appetizers

Cade

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Var.
Thick galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.

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Warm starters

Seafood vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).

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Beef

Sukalki

Basque Country.
Beef stew with potatoes and vegetables.

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Sea fish

Cold salmon mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Boulangere potatoes

Boulangere potatoes : potatoes baked in the oven with onions in broth.

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Cheeses

Petit suisse

France. Normandy.
Fresh cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk enriched with cream.

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Cheeses

Ash covered goat cheese

Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano tierno

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, white in color.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fish sauerkraut

Sauerkraut with haddock, monkfish and salmon.

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