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Meal families

Sea fish

Kazunoko

Japan.
Herring roe salted or dried.

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Cheeses

Bleu des basques

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Soft-ripened pasteurized sheep's milk with natural rind.
Ripening : 10 weeks.

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Cooked meats

Charcuterie board

Assorted cold meats and sausages.

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Appetizers

Parmesan breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Desserts

Raspberry miror cake

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

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Sauces

Brown butter sauce

Brown butter : cooked until a clear brown color and smells nutty poured through a strainer into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Cold starters

Lobster in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Beef

Beef daube with green olives

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Main meals

Sea tartiflette

Dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese, seafood and fishes.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tuna pizza

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster gratin cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Cancoillotte

France. Franche-Comté. Lorraine. Luxembourg.
Runny cheese made from skimmed milk curd.

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Cold starters

Fish bread with green sauce

Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with mashed chervil, cress, spinach and parsley.

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Poultry

Chicken with chasseur sauce

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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Desserts

Panettone

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Brioche with candied fruit, raisins and citrus zest.

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