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Meal families

Desserts

Strawberry bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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Appetizers

Crescent dogs

Sausage filled with cheese, wrapped in puff pastry.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon 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

Abbaye de Belloc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Beef salted with spices and herbs then dried.

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Salads

Landaise salad

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes.
Mixed salad made with asparagus, foie gras, duck gizzards, cured ham, smoked duck breast, corn, frisée lettuce, pine nuts, and tomatoes.

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Veal

Veal medallion with vin jaune

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes

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Veal

Fricandeau of veal

Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shrimp risotto

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

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Desserts

Frangipane

Cream made with almonds mixed with pastry cream, butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

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