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Meal families

Pork

Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables: Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Main meals

Vegetable couscous

Steamed semolina served with vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters

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Cheeses

Asiago pressato

Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige.
Hard whole cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Idiazábal ahumado

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Main meals

Flemish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs whose broth is bound with butter or cream.

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Desserts

Fresh fruit soup

(pineapple and peach)

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed clams

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops in lemon

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Main meals

Provencal wild boar daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with morel sauce

Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with meat

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Main meals

Makizushi

Roll of dried seaweed (nori) containing a layer of rice surrounding fish or vegetables, all sliced.

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