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Meal families

Main meals

Ossobuco

Italy. Milan.
Specialty of braised veal shanks with vegetables, white wine and broth.
Usually garnished with gremolata and traditionally served with risotto alla milanese.

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Sauces

Bretonne sauce

Bretonne sauce : garlic and onion reduction with white wine added with fresh tomato and reduced.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with lemon

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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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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Cheeses

Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : at least 3 weeks.

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Cold starters

Bottarga toast

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon pizza

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with apricots

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Sea fish

Bordeaux style lamprey

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its blood and served with garlic croutons.

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Salads

Salade périgourdine

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Mixed salad made with croutons, confit or dried duck gizzards, duck breast, walnuts, leafy greens, and tomatoes.

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Karnıyarık

Turkey.
Stuffed eggplants with garlic, onion, parsley, pepper, tomato and ground meat.

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Cold starters

Chicken 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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