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Meal families

Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

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

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Sauces

Gribiche sauce

Salsa tártara (mayonesa con alcaparras, cebollino, pepino y perejil) con huevos troceados.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Ice cream tutti-frutti bombe

Bombe : spherical or semi-spherical shaped ice.
Vanilla ice cream and strawberry ice cream with candied fruit and strawberries.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato gratin with mushrooms

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fouras mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish with bouchot mussels and garlic, bouquet garni, Charentes butter, cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks and Pineau des Charentes (or dry white wine of Charentes or Cognac).

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Cheeses

Niolo

France. Corsica. Niolo.
Soft-ripened sheep or goat's cheese with washed rind.

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Pork

Sweet and sour pork spare ribs

Sweet and sour sauce : tomato sauce with shallots, olive oil and laurel.

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Freshwater fish

Zander blanquette

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid

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Cheeses

Edam

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

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Cheeses

Rebibes de L’Etivaz

Rebibes : cheese shavings.
L'Etivaz : Switzerland. Vaud. Hard unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Sauces

Nantua sauce

Fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Penne pasta in Arrabbiata sauce

Arrabiata sauce: tomato sauce simmered with garlic, pepper, fresh parsley or basil and sprinkled with grated pecorino romano.

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