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Meal families

Cooked meats

Grilled andouille sausage

Andouille : pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.

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Cooked meats

Hare pâté with mushroom

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Red mullet risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes

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Cold starters

Lobster in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Pork

Tandoori pork tenderloin

Tandoori : marinated meat or fish coated with yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops with rosemary

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Sea fish

Coulibiac

Russian speciality.
Puff pastry filled filled with salmon and sea bass mixed with mushroom, hard-boiled egg, onion and dill.

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Cheeses

Pecorino Toscano

Italy. Tuscany.
Semi-hard cheese with sheep’s milk semi-cooked and pressed with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 20 days minimum.

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Cheeses

Nimble

United States. North Carolina.
Cow and goat's pasteurized milk semi soft cheese with a rind washed with beer.

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Others

Pork pita

Pita : round flatbread used to catch food or to make a sandwich.
Also refers to the turnover oven-baked and stuffed with food.

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Sauces

Henri IV sauce

Bearnaise sauce with veal stock.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab claws with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Sea fish

Stuffed salmon with vegetables

Stuffing with vegetables and shellfish.
Served cold.

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