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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini mushrooms

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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Cooked meats

Andouille

Pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.

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Desserts

Apple turnover

Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted prawns

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Others

Burgundy snails in cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).

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Pork

Diots with crozets

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.
Crozets : pasta made with buckwheat flour and accompanied with Beaufort cheese strips.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops with citrus fruits

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Cheeses

Wabash Cannonball

United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Ripening : 7 to 10 days.

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Main meals

Matelote with riesling

Matelote : white wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Desserts

Rhubarb pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Sauces

Piquante sauce

Piquante sauce : white wine–based sauce with a reduction of shallots and vinegar, flavored with chervil, pickles, and parsley, and finished with a veal demi-glace.

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