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Meal families

Eggs

Meurette sauce

Meurette sauce : based on red wine with bacon and onion compote.

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Beef

Steak tartare

Minced meat served raw with capers, chives, gherkins, onions, chopped parsley, and a raw egg yolk.

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Cheeses

Ash-ripened goat cheese log

Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit-roasted leg of lamb

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

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Desserts

Peach pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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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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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza Margherita

Pizza with basil, mozzarella, and tomato (representing the three colors of the Italian flag).

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Cheeses

Kachkéis

Luxembourg.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Poultry

Grilled duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Cheeses

Pierre Robert

France. Île de France. Seine-et-Marne. Tournan-en-Brie.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream a l’unilateral with spices

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Vegetable tart

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Sea fish

Salmon tartare with fresh cream and chives

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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