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Meal families

Salads

Crudite salad

Do not serve fine wine.

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Cheeses

Zamorano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Desserts

Tarte Tatin

Tart with upside-down apples caramelized in butter and sugar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cardoon with bone marrow

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.

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Desserts

Red berry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with lemon and olives

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Game animals

Venison fillet with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chanterelle with cream

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Cheeses

Schloss

United States. California.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with orange washed rind, packed in a wooden box.
Ripening : 5 months.

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Appetizers

Pistade de piste

France. Occitania. Hérault. Sète.
Spread made with raw young squid meat (piste) mixed with an anchovy, chili pepper and olive oil sauce.
Eaten on a slice of grilled bread.

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Sea fish

Cod brandade with mashed potatoes

Brandade with mashed potatoes.

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Desserts

Strawberry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Onion tart

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Desserts

Mandarin bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with shallots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Morel mushroom pie

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