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Meal families

Cheeses

Saingorlon

France. Rhône-Alpes.
Blue-veined pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish with bouchot mussels and garlic, bouquet garni, Charentes butter, cream, shallots, egg yolks and Pineau des Charentes (or dry white wine of Charentes or Cognac).

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Others

Croque-madame with bechamel sauce

Bechamel sauce : Butter and flour (roux) made with milk or cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

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Main meals

Provencal tuna gratin

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

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Sheep and Goats

Stew of lamb with black olives

Navarin : stew.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with garlic cream

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

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Salads

Fattoush

Lebanese speciality salad of raw vegetables (purslane, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish, onion) seasoned with sumac.

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Cheeses

San Andreas

United States. California.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Beef

Pan seared rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sauteed green asparagus with olive oil

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Desserts

Zimtsterne

France. Alsace.
Soft almond biscuit.

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Cheeses

Baked mozzarella

Mozarella : speciality of Campania made with buffalo milk by the pasta filata method.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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