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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Pieds paquets

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Sisteron. Bouches-du-Rhône. Marseille.
Dish made of feet and paunch sheep stuffed with belly or salt pork simmered in a white wine sauce and tomato.

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Beef

Braised oxtail

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

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Cheeses

Patacabra

Spain. Aragon. Zaragoza.
Semi-soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a washed rind from a reddish color to a pale orange-brown color.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.

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Poultry

Pan seared duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Others

Pork gyros

Gyros: greek sandwich, derived from the döner kebab, with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce on pita bread.

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Beef

Grilled steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

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Sea fish

Sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Poached scallops

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sauteed morel

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Avocado

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Poultry

Roasted chicken with mushrooms

Mushroom sauce : sauce composed of a white or a brown sauce with mushrooms and other ingredients (butter, condiments, veal or poultry stock, wine, etc.).

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Desserts

Praline macaron

Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.

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Sea fish

Grilled salmon a l’unilateral

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

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Cooked meats

Speck

Austria. Tirol.
Smoked and cured ham with juniper notes.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed spider crab

Pair according to the stuffing.

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