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Meal families

Desserts

Raspberry bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruit, cream, sometimes jam.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Choucroute garnie

Sauerkraut : cabbage, finely chopped and fermented in brine.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk fed lamb with savory

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Sea fish

Slab of salmon a l’unilateral

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

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Desserts

Peach bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruit, cream, sometimes jam.

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Cheeses

Idiazábal ahumado

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with Maroilles sauce

Sauce made of Maroilles and white wine.

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Cheeses

Cheddar

United Kingdom (Cheddar, Somerset).
Cow's milk cheese with pale yellow colour and strong flavour.
Available in soft, medium, hard and extra hard.

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Cheeses

Pélardon

France. Massif Central. Cevennes.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind.

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Cheeses

Manchego fresco

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed spider crab

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek tart

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with parsley sauce

Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or 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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