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Seafish

Blanquette of monkfish with saffron

Blanquette of monkfish with saffron

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.

Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Seafish

Blanquette of salmon

Blanquette of salmon

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.

Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Blanquette of scallops with Noilly Prat

Blanquette of scallops with Noilly Prat

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.

Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Seafish

Blanquette of turbot

Blanquette of turbot

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.

Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Freshwater fish

Blanquette of zander

Blanquette of zander

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.

Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Bleu d'Auvergne

Bleu d'Auvergne

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron. Haute-Loire. Puy-de-Dôme. France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze. France. Occitania. Lot, Lozère.

Blue cheese made from cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Bleu des basques

Bleu des basques

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.

Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.

Ripening : 10 weeks.

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Cheeses

Bleu du Queyras

Bleu du Queyras

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Hautes-Alpes.

Blue cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.

Ripening : 1 month minimum.

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Cold starters

Blinis with taramasalata

Blinis with taramasalata

Greece. Turkey.

Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.

In France, it is typically served with blinis.

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Miscellaneous

BLT sandwich

BLT sandwich

Sandwich made with two slices of sandwich bread (often toasted), filled with slices of smoked or pan-fried bacon (usually three), lettuce leaves (often iceberg or romaine), and tomato slices (BLT : Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato), with mayonnaise.

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Cheeses

Blue cheese

Blue cheese

Cheese made from sheep’s, goat’s, and/or cow’s milk, containing internal mold with colors ranging from blue to grey-green.

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