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Meal families

Poultry

Poultry with Comté sauce

Comté sauce : grated Comté cheese with white wine, crème fraîche, and shallot.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano semicurado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, ranging in color from straw yellow to orange.
Ripening : 2 to 5 months.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pigeon pie

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Sauces

Red pepper sauce

Red pepper sauce : sauce made with crème fraîche, olive oil, onion, and red bell pepper.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled scallops

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb confit with rosemary honey

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood salpicon

Salpicon : hot or cold preparation of ingredients cut into small dice and bound with a cream or a sauce.

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Main meals

Spicy fondue

Fondue made with Gruyère, red and green bell peppers, and chili pepper.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano tierno

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, white in color.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

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Desserts

Red fruits in 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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive gratin

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Poultry

Goose foie gras

Served cold.

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Pork

Boudin blanc

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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Warm starters

Spanakopita

Greece.
Phyllo pastry stuffed with spinach with shallot, egg, onion, feta or ricotta.

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