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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Clam

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French beans

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Desserts

Chocolate macaron

Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Laqueuille

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Blue-veined pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Sheep and Goats

Bordeaux style lamb

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Poultry

Squab with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Veal

Veal tenderloin with porcini and potato

Tenderloin : piece of meat cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Cheeses

St Gall Extra mature

Ireland. Cork. Raw cow's milk hard cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : over 3 months.

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Sea fish

Monkfish in red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Fruit sorbet

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Sea fish

Estocafic

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritime. Nice. Stew with potato, pepper, onion, olive, olive oil, garlic and bouquet garni.

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Poultry

Roast duck with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Taleggio

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rose rind.
Ripening : 25 to 40 days.

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Cheeses

Olivia

France. Provence. Sisteron.
Soft-ripened unpasteurised goat milk cheese flavored with mashed black olives and decorated with an olive and two savory leaves.

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