Sea fish
Salmon quenelles with lemon sauce
Lemon sauce: butter, olive oil, lemon juice and white wine with parsley.
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Lemon sauce: butter, olive oil, lemon juice and white wine with parsley.
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France. Occitanie. Hérault. Sète.
Pie garnish with squid, octopus or cuttlefish mixed with spicy tomato sauce.
Shellfish and Seafood
Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.
Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.
Shellfish and Seafood
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.
Cheeses
France.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese similar to cream cheese with garlic and herbs.
Cold starters
Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
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France. Auvergne. Pays des monts-Dore (Cantal, Puy de Dôme).
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.
Main meals
Switzerland.
Dish based hard cheeses (Beaufort, Comté, Swiss Gruyere, Vacherin Fribourg).
Poultry
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.
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Supreme sauce : chicken or veal velouté reduced before adding the cream.
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Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.
Sea fish
Maitre d'hotel butter : softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.
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