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Meal families

Salads

Mixed salad

A salad that combines various ingredients in addition to raw, seasoned leafy greens with a vinaigrette.

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Cheeses

Vieux Lille

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

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Cheeses

Crottin de Champcol

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Fruits

Cherries and mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Cold starters

Prawn cocktail

Shrimp salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Aigo boulido

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Soup with garlic and boiled sage leaves.

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Veal

Piccata milanese

Italy.
Piccata : thin slices of meat, typically chicken or veal, lightly floured and browned, then sautéed in olive oil and served with a sauce made by deglazing the pan with white wine, combined with lemon juice, butter, parsley, and capers.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fruits clafoutis

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Main courses

Eel matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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