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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Catalan lamb marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fennel

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Appetizers

Roquefortins

Toast with Roquefort mixed with walnuts and raisins.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Salpicon of lobster

Salpicon : preparation hot or cold of ingredients diced and bound by a cream or sauce.

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Freshwater fish

Stuffed trout

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Sea fish

Bilbao eels

Basque Country.
Dish with elver eels, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper.

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Beef

Rib steak with red wine sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with melted butter and parsley

Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Cheeses

Blue Stilton

United Kingdom. Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with Sarlat style potatoes

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Neapolitan pizza

Pizza made with garlic, basil, mozzarella di Bufala Campana, oregano, tomato, olive oil and sea salt.

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Salads

Mesclun with black truffle

Mesclun : salad with a mixture of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, baby spinach, arugula, escarole, radicchio and aromatic plants.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood tagliatelle

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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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