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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Steamed potatoes

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Freshwater fish

Pike fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Desserts

Chocolate mirror cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole with flat leaf parsley

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Appetizers

Arancini al ragù

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, filled with ragù (meat in tomato sauce) and peas.
Served hot.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Crab lasagna

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Desserts

Apple and banana crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Main meals

Black truffle stew

Black truffles cooked in fat and white wine diluted with broth, served with toasted bread.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Young wild boar pie

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Offal and tripe

Merguez frites

Merguez : sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with seasonings (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili…).

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Desserts

Candied pineapple sable and fresh coriander

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Cheeses

Mascaré de Banon

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of whole raw sheep's and goat's milk rectangular cheese curdled with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Försterkäse

Switzerland. Saint-Gall.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a white wine washed rind.

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