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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with salmon

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Mandarin and passion fruit trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with thyme

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Young wild boar pie

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Desserts

Far breton

France. Brittany.
Dessert made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with provençal herbs

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

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Sea fish

Cod in green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Veal

Veal medallion with morels

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

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Freshwater fish

Bordeaux style sturgeon

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

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Desserts

Mirlitons de Pont-Audemer

France. Normandy. Pont-Audemer.
Crispy almond rolled biscuit filled with praline mousse and sealed at the ends with dark chocolate.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with black truffle juice

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

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Cooked meats

Sac bardin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire.
Charcuterie made from the complete pork belly (intestine and stomach) with offal (heart, kidneys), meat from the head, ham and pork fat, with added red wine and seasoned and cooked in court-bouillon.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts

Whippet cookie

Dry biscuit topped with dome-shaped marshmallow, all coated in chocolate.
Sometimes, you find a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.

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Cheeses

Paški sir

Croatia. Pag.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with morel cream sauce

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Pear ice cream

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Veal

Veal medallion with mushrooms

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

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