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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle bolognese

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Cooked meats

Duck terrine with orange

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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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta pie

Ricotta: Italian or Maltese cheese made from the whey of other cheeses, sheep or cow.

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Others

Sturio caviar

Caviar from Aquitaine.

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Beef

Tagliata

Tagliata : Italian cuisine. Thin slices of grilled beef served with a rocket salad and sauce vierge.

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Sauces

Pesto sauce

Italy. Liguria.
Condiment or sauce made from olive oil and broth mixed with garlic, basil leaves, pecorino sardo, pine nuts, marjoram or parsley.

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Cheeses

Cheddar

United Kingdom (Cheddar, Somerset).
Cow's milk cheese with pale yellow colour and strong flavour.
Available in soft, medium, hard and extra hard.

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Sea fish

Pan seared salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Main meals

Fish and couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal lamb daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Poultry

Duck daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Sea fish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Sofia

United States. Indiana.
Soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind covered with culinary vegetable ash and with an additional layer of ash cutting the cheese in half.
Ripening : 1 week.

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