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Meal families

Desserts

Croquembouche

Tiered cake with choux pastry balls piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel. Pastry centerpiece with praline cream puffs or duchess bread rolls / Croquembouche with praline choux or duchess buns

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Cheeses

Bamalou

France. Occitania. Ariège.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Sea fish

Turbot with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Salads

Mesclun with goat cheese

Mesclun : mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves from chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.

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Desserts

Red fruit 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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Beef

Rib steak with celeriac purée

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

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

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with white wine sauce

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chirashizushi

Vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : avocado, seafood, fish, sashimi, tamagoyaki…

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed mussels with parsley butter

Garlic and parsley butter : butter, garlic and parsley mixed.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed eggplants

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Main meals

Tielle

France. Occitania. Hérault. Sète.
Pie filled with squid, octopus or cuttlefish mixed with a spicy tomato sauce.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with blueberry

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Sea fish

Cod brandade with mashed potatoes

Brandade with mashed potatoes.

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Desserts

Walnut macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Creamy mushrooms

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Sea fish

Steamed sea bass with black truffle

Steam or stew : Steaming in a container closed by a lid.

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