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Meal families

Sea fish

Sole fillets with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Rabbit pie

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal sauteed lamb

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

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Others

Jambon-beurre

France.
Ham sandwich with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise, spread with butter (with or without salt) and filled with slices of ham, often pickles.

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Main meals

Parrillada

Argentina.
Various cuts of meat slowly roasted on a grill.

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Veal

Marengo veal sauteed

Marengo : cooked in a casserole dish with mushrooms, onion, tomato with white wine.

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Cheeses

Tome des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Bauges Mountains.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with grey mould rind.

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Cheeses

Tilsiter Switzerland

Switzerland.
Hard, raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Red label.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with white grapes

Served hot, warm or cold.

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Sauces

Marinière sauce

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Cheeses

Roncal

Spain. Navarre.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed with a colour ivory white or pale yellow and a blue-grey natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled shrimp

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Cheeses

Ardi-gasna

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Sheep cheese with raw milk. The rind is rubbed with a paste made from Espelette peppers.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.

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Cooked meats

Game animal pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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