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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dolma

Grape leaves or vegetables (eggplant, cabbage, zucchini, bell pepper, tomato, etc) stuffed with spices, onion, rice and sometimes ground meat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef cannelloni

Minced beef or pork hash.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Provençal Bay scallops

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with caviar and cream

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Sea fish

Whole roasted turbot with black truffle juice

Whole fish, gutted and cooked (not filleted).
Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Poultry

Duckling with turnips

Duckling : young duck.

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Appetizers

Anchovy butter

Softened butter mashed with anchovy fillets, garlic, and sometimes herbs.

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Game animals

Hare à la royale

A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Sauces

Curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike-perch with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Poultry

Confit duck leg and gratin dauphinois

Gratin dauphinois : dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Desserts

Mandarine givrée

Mandarine sorbet served in a mandarine.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb with herbs

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

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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