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Meal families

Cheeses

Pérail de brebis

France. Occitania. Aveyron. Tarn.
Soft-ripened cheese made from sheep's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 to 3 weeks.

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Sauces

Curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Poultry

Salt-crusted poultry

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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Offal and tripe

Pork kidneys with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Squid ink risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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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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Sauces

Matelote sauce

Matelote sauce : red wine reduction with chopped mushrooms, shallots, onions and bouquet garni with brown roux.

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Sauces

Red butter sauce

Red butter sauce : shallots and red wine with butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Brussels sprouts gratin

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed prawns

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Main meals

Galette saucisse

France. Brittany.
Grilled pork sausage rolled in a cold buckwheat galette.

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Eggs

Peasant omelette

Omelet with mushrooms, bacon, potatoes and Comté cheese.

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Eggs

Aumale scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.

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