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Meal families

Cheeses

Olivia

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Sisteron.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk, flavored with black olive paste and decorated with an olive and two savory leaves.

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Main meals

Matelote with riesling

Matelote : white wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Desserts

Praline

Mixture of caramelized and crushed almonds and hazelnuts.

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Cheeses

Mature Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 9 to 12 months.

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Main meals

Monkfish tajine with confit lemon

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Desserts

Mandarin bavarian cream

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

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Offal and tripe

Lamb’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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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French-style peas

Peas cooked with butter, onions, salad and herbs.

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Cold starters

Vegetarian pâté

Served cold.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

White asparagus tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with meat

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chanterelle

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Cheeses

Old Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Pork

Salt pork

Salt-cured pork.

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