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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio

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

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Cooked meats

Pork pâté

Served cold.

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Main meals

Peperonata

Italia.
Vegetable stew made with garlic, red bell pepper, and tomato.

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Cheeses

Persillé de Tignes

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Tignes.
Blue cheese made from a blend of raw goat’s (80%) and cow’s (20%) milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and natural rind.

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Offal and tripe

Lyon-style gras-double

Gras-double : tripe cooked with onions.

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Desserts

Basque cake with black jam

Basque Country.
Cake filled with black cherry jam.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sauteed horn of plenty mushrooms

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted provençal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

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Cheeses

Bay blue

United States. California.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Squab pie with Armagnac

Armagnac sauce : cooking juice with Armagnac flambeed, creamed and reduced until thickened.

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral with sorrel sauce

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Veal

Sautéed veal with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Desserts

Croquets bordelais

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Almond biscuit.

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