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Meal families

Main meals

Spicy fondue

Gruyère cheese fondue with red and green peppers with chili pepper.

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Sea fish

Bilbao eels

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

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Ice cream and sorbets

Bombe tricolor

Bombe : spherical or semi-spherical shaped ice.
Pistachio, strawberry and vanilla ice creams with meringue.

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Appetizers

Accras cod

Slightly spicy cod fritters.
Serve warm or at apéritif as input.

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Sea fish

Red mullet with sorrel sauce

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

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Desserts

Gâteau basque with black jam

Basque Country.
Cake filled with black cherry jam.

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Desserts

Framboisier cake

Cake based on raspberry with sponge cake and cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with provencal herbs

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables clafoutis

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Rabbit

Saddle of rabbit with mustard

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cold starters

Salmon tataki

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut in thin slices and seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (generally ginger).

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Desserts

Orange bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Others

Sturio caviar

Caviar from Aquitaine.

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Cheeses

Young Mimolette

France. Nord Pas de Calais. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese annatto colored.
Ripening : 3 months.

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