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Meal families

Veal

Calf’s head with gribiche sauce

Gribiche sauce : Tartar sauce (mayonnaise with capers, chives, cucumbers and parsley) with chopped eggs.

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Cheeses

Garrotxa

Spain. Catalonia. Tarragona.
Semi-soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a with a mouldy rind of gray or bluish-grey colour.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Poultry

Chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Desserts

Chocolate bavarian cream

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

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Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho

Spain. Portugal.
Cold soup made from raw vegetables (cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato) mixed with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, oil, salt and vinegar.

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Appetizers

Tapenade

Garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Poultry

Roasted squab à la goutte de sang

Cooked à la goutte de sang : fast cooking of meat moderately high for there to be surface coloration of the flesh but the interior remains red.

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Main meals

Rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy paste or sauce composed of fruits or vegetables cut with crushed ginger, minced onions and chilli.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme

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

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Cabrales

Spain. Asturias.
Semi-hard blue-green veined raw cow's milk or mixture of two or three kinds of milk (cow, sheep and goat).
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with basil butter

Basil butter : butter and basil.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Brussels sprout

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb in puff pastry

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Desserts

Quince crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Appetizers

Arancini al ragù

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, stuffed with ragu (meat in tomato sauce) and peas./ Served hot.

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