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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tuna lasagna

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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb in salt crust

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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Cheeses

Bohemian blue

United States. Wisconsin.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Sea fish

Coulibiac

Russia.
Puff pastry filled with sea bass and salmon mixed with mushrooms, hard-boiled egg, onion and dill.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with lemon and olives

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Cheeses

Ardi-gasna

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk whose rind is rubbed with a purée made from Espelette peppers.
Ripening : 3 to 12 months.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon pancake

Galette : savory crepe.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams with mariniere sauce

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Appetizers

Tapenade

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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