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Meal families

Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta tart

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

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Cheeses

Robiola 3 latti

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont. Langhe.
Soft-ripened cheese from unpasteurised goat's, sheep's and cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Provencal : with sautéed tomato in olive oil with bread, garlic, onion and parsley.

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Cheeses

Tomme de chèvre

Semi-soft goat's milk cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant caviar

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Cheeses

Olivia

France. Provence. Sisteron.
Soft-ripened unpasteurised goat milk cheese flavored with mashed black olives and decorated with an olive and two savory leaves.

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Cold starters

Fish in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise salad

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Desserts

Oeufs au lait and strawberry

Boiled milk poured over eggs beaten in omelette and baked.

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Main meals

Burgundy style potée

Mixture of salted meat or pork sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Desserts

Chocolate and orange trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb in puff pastry

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Sea fish

Grilled sole with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed zucchini

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Desserts

Apple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Consommé and Soup

Frog legs veloute

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed piquillo peppers with meat

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