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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Main meals

Scallop sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Sea fish

Salmon tartare with citrus

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Rabbit

Rabbit cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek and scallop pie

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Cheeses

Tres leches

Spain. Asturias.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with a virgin olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Beef

Grilled steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

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Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants with goat cheese

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Cheeses

Tomme de Camargue

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Fresh cheese made from sheep's milk flavored with thyme and bay leaf powder.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams

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Cheeses

Carré frais

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Normandy. Seine-Maritime.
Fresh cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk.

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Poultry

Squab with black truffle juice

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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