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Meal families

Appetizers

Radish and herb butter

Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Main meals

Scallop sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shrimp risotto

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

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Poultry

Duck daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with morel cream sauce

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Cheeses

Pavé du Quercy

France. Occitania. Quercy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Beef

Beef daube with black olives

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood pasta

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Desserts

Chestnut bavarian cream

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Steamed white asparagus

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Desserts

Damson bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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Appetizers

Arancini

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, typically filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, or with ham cubes and mozzarella.
Served hot.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cabbage

Stuffing made with beef or pork, seasoned with onions, tomatoes, rice, spices, etc., wrapped in one or more cabbage leaves, then boiled or steamed.
Generally eaten hot.

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