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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Marseille pieds paquets

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

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Sea fish

Goujonnettes of sole with Nantua sauce

Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.

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Cold starters

Chicken meatloaf stuffed with crayfish

Meatloaf : piece of meat, game, fish, poultry, boned, stuffed and rolled, cooked and tied up with string, cooked in casseroles or prepared in jelly.

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Offal and tripe

Sauteed veal kidneys with vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Cheeses

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana

Italy. Campania.
Speciality made with buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels pistou

Pistou : Provencal sauce of crushed basil, garlic and olive oil.

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Cooked meats

Grenier médocain

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Médoc.
Pork sausage made from pork stomachs, chitterlings and ham cut into strips cooked in a spicy, garlicky vegetable broth.

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Cheeses

Arnéguy

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Sheep's milk cheese.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted noisettes of lamb

Noisette : small round piece of lean meat.

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Cheeses

Emmental

Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Warm starters

Seafood vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent : hollow case for several people (diameter of at least 15 centimeters) of puff pastry with meat, sweetbreads, fish, crustaceans, snails, mushrooms mixed in a sauce (bisque, béchamel sauce with cream, Nantua sauce…).

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