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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken supreme with pineapple

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Sauces

Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with linden butter sauce

Linden butter sauce : creamed linden infusion, reduced, then buttered.

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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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Cheeses

Estrella La Peral

Spain. Asturias.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Cooked meats

Head cheese

Small pieces of pork meat (cheeks, snout, tongue, etc), usually cooked with small pieces of carrots, pickles, shallots or onion, seasoned with garlic, spices, parsley and molded in aspic.
Served cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Provençal eggplants

Eggplant with garlic, onion, parsley, tomato…

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Appetizers

Tomato bruschetta

Grilled bread rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil and salt, served with tomato and basil.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with porcini mushrooms

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Desserts

Macarons

Cupcakes made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Poultry

Duck breast with poached pears and red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Sea fish

Sea bass and salmon tartare with sorrel sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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