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Meal families

Sea fish

Roasted turbot with confit shallots and red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Poultry

Duck dodine

Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, rolled, stuffed, poached or braised, served with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and thickened with meat glaze.

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Cheeses

Beaufort

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Variety of Beaufort cheese produced from November 1 to May 31.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Main meals

Matelote with riesling

Matelote : white wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Poultry

Bresse fattened chicken en demi deuil

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.

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Cold starters

Celery root remoulade

Remoulade : mayonnaise with capers, pickles, and a blend of herbs (parsley, chives, chervil, and tarragon).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelk Remoulade with curry

Remoulade : mayonnaise with capers, pickles, and a blend of herbs (parsley, chives, chervil, and tarragon).

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Cheeses

Checy

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Cheeses

Castelrosso

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Cheeses

Dry Jack Monterey

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with white grapes

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Warm starters

Spiced pork nem

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

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Main meals

Moroccan lamb tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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