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Meal families

Cheeses

Ossau-Iraty

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Basque Country.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with morel sauce

Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Main meals

Lobster raviole with Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira.

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Pork

Confit of marinated pork belly with sweet spices and olive oil

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

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Desserts

Apricot bavarian cream

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

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Cheeses

Roquefort

France. Massif Central. Aveyron. Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
Semi-soft blue-veined ewe's milk cheese.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Sauces

Normandy sauce

Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Others

Almas caviar

Caviar from Iran.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed potato

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salted flan

Flan : beaten eggs with milk and flour, baked.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach with a light white sauce

White sauce : heated flour and butter to which a hot liquid is added (broth, water, cooking juices, wine).

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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