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Meal families

Sea fish

Monkfish with Romesco sauce

Romesco sauce: catalan specialty. Sauce with a rehash of garlic, almonds, ñoras (dried red pepper), bread, tomatoes, oil, vinegar and spices.

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Offal and tripe

Roasted veal kidneys with horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce: velouté with grated horseradish.

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Sauces

Newburg sauce

Lobster butter with cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Cold starters

Sainte-Maure goat cheese and walnut crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Cheeses

Harbison

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind wrapped in strips of spruce.

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Freshwater fish

Eel stew with red wine

Eel cut into pieces and cooked in red wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spider crab and pistou

Pistou : Provencal sauce of crushed basil, garlic and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Blue cheese

Sheep's, goat's and/or cow's milk cheeses with mold in the cheese in colors between blue and grey-green.

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Sheep and Goats

Seven hour shoulder of lamb

Seven hour : Slow-cooking leg of lamb in wine with garlic and herbs until it is fall-off-the-bone tender and luscious

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Cold starters

Langoustines with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Turnip

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Main meals

Stew with black truffle

Black truffle cooked in fat mixed xith white wine, broth and toast.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French fries

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Beef

Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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