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Meal families

Main meals

Aligot

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

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Desserts

Coffee merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb en croûte

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Sea fish

Sète-style bourride

Bourride : fish stew stewed together with a brunoise of vegetables served with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.

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Poultry

Roasted squab with black truffle juice

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

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Offal and tripe

Tripe

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fennel and salmon tart

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Cheeses

Fiscalini bandaged Cheddar

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind, straw-yellow in color and wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 18 to 30 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Regina pizza

Pizza with mushroom, ham, mozzarella and tomato sauce.

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Cheeses

Shropshire blue

United Kingdom.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 10 to 12 weeks.

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