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Meal families

Beef

Grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Apricot ice cream

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Freshwater fish

Trout with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Freshwater fish

Eel in green sauce

Flemish speciality : pieces of eel simmered in a mixture of finely chopped fresh herbs and served in a green herb sauce.

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Game birds

Roasted mallard with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach and ricotta cannelloni

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Sauces

Bagna cauda

A specialty originating from Piedmont.
Warm sauce made with anchovies, garlic, and olive oil, into which raw vegetables are dipped.

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Cheeses

Ossau-Iraty

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Sea fish

John Dory with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Duck salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Cheeses

Bleu d’Auvergne

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron. Haute-Loire. Puy-de-Dôme. France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze. France. Occitania. Lot, Lozère.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.

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Sauces

Mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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