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Meal families

Cheeses

Persillé de Tignes

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Tignes.
Blue raw cow and goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.

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Beef

Beef daube with carrots

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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Main meals

Fondue normande

Fondue made from soft cheese without the rind (camembert, Livarot, Pont-l'évêque…) with Calvados, cream or milk and shallot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters

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Warm starters

White truffle raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Brasucade

France. Occitania. Languedoc-Roussillon.
Cooking mussels over a wood fire in a large frying pan before being sprinkled with a marinade.

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Main meals

Stew with black truffle

Black truffle cooked in fat mixed xith white wine, broth and toast.

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Cheeses

Mascaré de Banon

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Raw sheep's and goat’s milk cheese curdled in a chestnut leaf.

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Veal

Provencal veal flank

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Savarin with whipped cream

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Desserts

Eggs in snow with raspberry

Eggs in snow : whipped egg whites accompanied by custard, usually topped with caramel.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with port wine sauce

Port wine sauce : demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock) with Port added.

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Desserts

Mirabelle crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Pork

Pork shoulder with diable sauce

France. Alsace.
Pork shoulder coated in a mustard sauce with garlic, shallot and parsley, wrapped in pig's caul fat.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with spring vegetables and Soubise sauce

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Main meals

Sea tartiflette

Dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese, seafood and fishes.

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