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Meal families

Cheeses

Idiazábal ahumado

Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast Sisteron lamb

Young lamb (70 to 150 days).

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with porcini mushrooms

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled porcini mushrooms

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Ice cream and sorbets

Cherry sorbet

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Veal

Veal Milanese

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

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Cheeses

Dubliner

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops with white wine and mousseline spinach

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Sauces

Chasseur sauce

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi : langoustine without head.

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Sheep and Goats

Bordeaux style lamb

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Main meals

Monkfish tajine with confit lemon

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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