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Meal families

Desserts

Praline hazelnut macaron

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

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with flageolets beans

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Arcachon european flat oyster Bordeaux style

Gravette : Bassin d'Arcachon oyster.
Bordeaux style : with sausages.

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Cold starters

Beef bread with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Cheeses

Idiazábal ahumado

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Cheeses

Brocciu secu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Poultry

Beer chicken

Chicken cooked in the oven with a cream and beer sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Small oysters

Smallest oysters (number 5 : between 30 and 45 grams).
Don't forget the bread and butter on the side.

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Veal

Amourettes with morel and potato

Amourettes fritters of animals testicules.

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Sea fish

Gravlax

Gravlax: fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices and herbs, salt, sugar with a mustard sauce.

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