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Meal families

Beef

Beef daube with black olives

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tomato

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Main meals

Pike-perch matelote with pinot noir

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Cheeses

Vézelay

France. Burgundy. Yonne. Vézelay.
Unpasteurised goat's milk cheese.

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Sea fish

Estocafic

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritime. Nice. Stew with potato, pepper, onion, olive, olive oil, garlic and bouquet garni.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

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Veal

Braised veal shank

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with jelly

Oysters poached in their own juice and served on a lemon jelly made with chicken stock.

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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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Pork

Diots with polenta

Diot : minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Cheeses

Pélardon

France. Massif Central. Cevennes.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind.

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Cold starters

Chicken meatloaf stuffed with crayfish

Meatloaf : piece of meat, game, fish, poultry, boned, stuffed and rolled, cooked and tied up with string, cooked in casseroles or prepared in jelly.

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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