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Meal families

Beef

Provençal beef daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Cheeses

Saint-André

France. Normandy. Orne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Sea fish

Suquet de peix

Fish stew with potatoes.

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Salads

Autumn salad

Mixed salad with seasonal vegetables : beetroot, mushroom, cabbage, lettuce, walnut, potato, dried fruits…

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Sea fish

Grilled turbot with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice added, and optionally pepper or chili.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with porcini mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

Fourme d’Ambert

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.

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Cheeses

Brocciu

France. Corsica.
Sheep’s milk cheese made from a combination of milk and whey.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with Pont-Neuf potatoes

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Cheeses

Crozier blue

Ireland. County Tipperary.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 11 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with lemon butter sauce

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Sauces

Melted butter sauce

Melted butter sauce : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Sauces

Mole chicken

Mole : sauce made with peanuts, cocoa, chili, sesame, tomato and thickened with corn dough, bread, or tortilla (fried and crumbled).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with vinaigrette

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Desserts

Condé peaches

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with peaches in syrup.

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