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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chinese noodles

Pasta cooked in a broth (herbs, chicken, …)

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Main meals

Lamb dumplings oriental style

Oriental style : with spices.

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Sea fish

Bourride

France. Languedoc. Provence.
Fish stew based on stewed white fishes (monkfish, sea bass, mackerel, mullet) with a brunoise of vegetables (carrots, celery, onions, leeks ...) with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream a l’unilateral with spices

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Cheeses

Le bleu 1924

France.
Blue-veined cheese from pasteurized goat's, sheep's and cow’s milk.

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Cold starters

Bottarga toast

Botargo : salted and dried mullet eggs.

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Cooked meats

Young partridge pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Desserts

Eggs in snow with pink praline

Eggs in snow : whipped egg whites accompanied by custard, usually topped with caramel.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Cabrales

Spain. Asturias.
Semi-hard blue-green veined raw cow's milk or mixture of two or three kinds of milk (cow, sheep and goat).
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Sauces

Matelote sauce

Red wine reduction with chopped mushrooms, shallots, onion and bouquet garni with a brown roux.

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