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Meal families

Sea fish

Gurnard with white wine

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

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Cheeses

Munster

France. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Game birds

Larded quail

Larded : push bits of bacon or Serrano.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch a l’unilateral / Pike-perch cooked unilaterally / Zander cooked unilaterally

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alle vongole

Clam pasta with parsley.

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Sea fish

Grilled shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Veal

Veal chop milanesa

Milanesa : breadcrumbs with Parmesan cheese

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Cheeses

Bleu des basques

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Soft-ripened pasteurized sheep's milk with natural rind.
Ripening : 10 weeks.

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Main meals

Cassoulet of Toulouse

Cassoulet made with white beans, goose confit, Toulouse sausage, pork, lamb, carrot, onion and tomato.

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Poultry

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori : marinated meat or fish coated with yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters gratin

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Desserts

Fresh fruit soup

(pineapple and peach)

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Offal and tripe

Merguez frites

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Flageolet beans with butter

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Cheeses

Palet de Bourgogne

France. Burgundy.
Soft cow's milk cheese with the rind dipped in Marc de Bourgogne.

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