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Meal families

Cheeses

Tomme des Pyrénées

France. Pyrenees.
Cow's milk cheese covered in black wax or browned.

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Cheeses

Gruyère

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Franche-Comté.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Sea fish

Sea bass with orange sauce

Spain. Valencia. Valencia.
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Cheeses

Pierre Robert

France. Ile de France. Seine-et-Marne. Tournan-en-Brie.
Triple cream raw cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Cold starters

en gelatina

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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Game birds

Young partridge with black truffle

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Offal and tripe

Pieds paquets

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

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Poultry

Duck dodine

Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, stuffed, and poached or braised, serve with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and meat glaze.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spicy butter

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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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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Desserts

Blueberry shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : sweet cake covered with a layer of fruit, juice and whipped cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Provencal : with sautéed tomato in olive oil with bread, garlic, onion and parsley.

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Poultry

Duck with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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