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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters Rockefeller

Oysters cooked in breadcrumbs with spinach, parsley and a dash of anise liqueur.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb kidneys with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Desserts

Maltese strawberries

Strawberries served with orange juice and Cointreau.

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Beef

Beef axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops and persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Desserts

Raspberry with mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Cold starters

Aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Appetizers

Poached eggs tart and Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Cooked meats

Lyon style cochonnaille

Cochonnailles : charcuterie.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Cooked meats

Prisuttu

Aged for 12 to 18 months.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Game birds

Thrushes cassolette with black olive

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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