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Meal families

Veal

Veal tenderloin with morel sauce

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.
Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked green bell pepper

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam gratin

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster stew turban and spring garnish

Turban : dish presented in a crown shape.
Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Cheeses

Murol

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Semi-hard, pasteurized cow's milk cheese with deep orange rind and a hole in the middle.

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Poultry

Pigeon a la provencale

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Main meals

Tielle

France. Occitanie. Hérault. Sète.
Pie garnish with squid, octopus or cuttlefish mixed with spicy tomato sauce.

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Game birds

Roasted young partridge with cranberries

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Sauces

Bretonne sauce

Bretonne sauce : garlic and onion reduction with white wine added with fresh tomato and reduced.

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Warm starters

Ziewelkueche

France. Alsace.
Onion tart

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Cold starters

Avocado with shrimp sauce

Shrimp sauce : fish velouté mixed with shrimp butter.

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with lemon sauce

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.
Lemon sauce: lemon, olive oil.

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Desserts

Strawberry miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast sisteron lamb

Young lamb (70 to 150 days).

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Cheeses

Tomme crayeuse

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Annecy.
Semi-soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 2 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano joven

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from raw cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : over 5 months.

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