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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood skewers

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Poultry

Turkey cutlet with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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Desserts

Almond miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Cooked meats

Lyon style cochonnaille

Cochonnailles : charcuterie.

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Sea fish

Monkfish tail with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Consommé and Soup

Zurrukutuna

Basque Country.
Soup made with cod, peppers and garlic.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp raviole with langoustine

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Rabbit

Rabbit a la provençale

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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