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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops in lemon

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

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with ceps

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Freshwater fish

Eel with persillade

Persillade : mixture of parsley and garlic chopped with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil.

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Pork

Grilled rouelle of pork

Rouelle : a thick slice of meat cut from the hind leg.

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Desserts

Pièce montée

Traditional dessert served during a communion, a wedding or a festive meal. It usually has an architectural form and significant ornamentation.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Meat pie

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with coriander

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Offal and tripe

Merguez grillées

Merguez: sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with condiments (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili, etc.).

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Veal

Axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Game birds

Papillot of young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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