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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Roasted pike-perch fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Cheeses

Persillé de Tignes

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Tignes.
Blue raw cow and goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lobster risotto with saffron

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Cheeses

Mignon

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : at least 3 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal grilled lamb

Provencal : with sautéed tomato in olive oil with bread, garlic, onion and parsley.

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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

Smokey blue

United States. Oregon.
Semi-soft blue-veined pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a smoked rind (hazelnut shells) with a golden-brown color.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Herb roasted leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pie

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with linden butter

Linden butter sauce : creamy lime blossom infusion mixed with butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops breton style

Breton style: with fresh cream, shallot, onion, parsley, white wine and covered with breadcrumbs.

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Cooked meats

Young partridge terrine

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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Rabbit

Saddle of rabbit with mustard

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Sea fish

Trout fillets Gravlax

Gravlax: fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices and herbs, salt, sugar with a mustard sauce.

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