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Meal families

Poultry

Poultry with Comté sauce

Comté sauce : grated Comté cheese with white wine, crème fraîche, and shallot.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Brocciu passu

France. Corsica.
Sheep’s milk cheese made from a combination of milk and whey.
Ripening : 21 days to 4 months maximum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster bisque

Bisque : creamy soup of clear, shellfish stock.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Cheese pie

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Shellfish and Seafood

Ginger prawn

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Main meals

Provençal 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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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with herbs

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Main meals

Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with fleur de sel

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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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

Pork pâté

Served cold.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with blackcurrant

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Sea fish

Braised monkfish with curry sauce

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Desserts

Raspberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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