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Meal families

Cooked meats

Andouillette with cream

Andouillette cooked with butter and deglazed with cream.
Served hot.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Linguine alle vongole

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Sauces

Shrimp sauce

Shrimp sauce : fish velouté mixed with shrimp butter.

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Pork

Boudin blanc with black truffle

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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Sea fish

Salt-crusted sea bass with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Main meals

Aligot and grilled sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Beef

Chili con carne

Beef and chili (spice mix) with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato…) and aromatics (garlic, cumin…).

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Veal

Fricandeau of veal

Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Veal

Sliced veal Zurich-style

Thin slices of veal with a reduced cream and veal stock sauce.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil with albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid

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Beef

Entrecote winegrower’s style

Vigneronne sauce : red wine reduction with shallots and butter.

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Pork

Portuguese-style pork roast

Oven-roasted pork with paprika, chicken stock, and white wine.

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