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Cheeses

Pavé du Quercy

France. Occitania. Quercy.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind.

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Cheeses

Arpéa de brebis

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Soft-ripened pasteurized sheep's milk with washed rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk fed lamb

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters

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Cheeses

Moses Sleeper

United States. California. Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 6 to 12 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops skewers with lemon sauce

Lemon sauce: lemon, olive oil.

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Sea fish

Grilled shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Cheeses

Chavroux

Industrial soft cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Thermidor

Spiny Lobster meat mixed with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock and mustard served in its shell. It can also be served with an oven-browned cheese crust.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast sisteron lamb

Young lamb (70 to 150 days).

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with red butter sauce

Red butter sauce : shallots and red wine with butter.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in orange wax.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Cheeses

Savaron

France. Auvergne.
Soft cheese from pasteurized or unpasteurised cow's milk.
Produced outside the Saint-Nectaire AOC region.

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Cheeses

Claquebitou

France. Burgundy.
Fresh goat cheese.

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Cheeses

Idiazábal ahumado

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Beef

Beef daube and mashed potato with black truffle

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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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared Bay scallop with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Sea fish

Hake with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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