Sauces
Aioli sauce
Provencal sauce.
Emulsion of garlic and olive oil, sometimes with egg yolk and lemon juice.
Sauces
Provencal sauce.
Emulsion of garlic and olive oil, sometimes with egg yolk and lemon juice.
Appetizers
Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, usually stuffed with ragu, peas and cheese, or diced ham and mozzarella./ Served hot.
Cold starters
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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Spain. Albacete and Cuenca speciality.
Brandade done with salt cod, olive oil, potato and chestnut.
Cheeses
France. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.
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Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.
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Crayfish flambéed with Cognac and a mirepoix with a tomato-based sauce and white wine.
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Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.
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Provençal fish stew. The name of this dish comes from the Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (reduce) : bouille et abaisse.
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France. Languedoc. Provence.
Fish stew based on stewed white fishes (monkfish, sea bass, mackerel, mullet) with a brunoise of vegetables (carrots, celery, onions, leeks ...) with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.