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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Galician style octopus

Galician style : octopus boiled in water and cut into one-centimeter-thick slices, topped with olive oil, salt, and sprinkled with paprika or chili.
Served with potatoes with paprika and olive oil.

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Cooked meats

Mortadella

Italy. Emilia-Romagna. Lombardy.
Charcuterie product made from pork, breadcrumbs, olives, pistachios, and butter.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

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Cold starters

Kipper pâté

Served cold.

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Main meals

Young wild boar daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Veal

Provençal veal paupiettes

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Cold starters

Crab aspic with herbs

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Cheeses

Saint-Nectaire

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Pays des monts-Dore (Cantal, Puy de Dôme).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.
Bear the mention « Saint-Nectaire laitier ».

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