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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables à la croque au sel

À la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, like radishes.

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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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Offal and tripe

Roast veal kidney with horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce : velouté with grated horseradish added.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Sauces

Financiere sauce

Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano vecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 18 to 24 months.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with mushroom sauce

Mushroom sauce : sauce made from a white or brown base, with mushrooms and other ingredients such as butter, seasonings, stock (veal or poultry), and wine.

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Sea fish

Red mullet with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood rice

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Sea fish

Sea bass with hollandaise sauce

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

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Cooked meats

Jésus de Lyon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Dry sausage in a pear shape, rather long and wide (10 cm) made from pork meat and fat (shoulder, ham, loin, belly) salted and seasoned with garlic, nutmeg, black peppercorns, ground pepper, salt and red wine.

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Desserts

Mango charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Veal

Roast milk-fed veal

Milk-fed veal : veal under 20 weeks old, fed exclusively on milk.

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Pork

Lomo en adobo

Marinated pork with garlic, oregano, paprika, and salt.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Tellines with garlic

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Tellines : small mollusks with a long flat shell.

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