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Meal families

Feathered game

Roasted pheasant with mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp cocktail

Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Quiche

Shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with mushrooms

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Poultry

Goose foie gras au torchon

Goose foie gras rolled and cooked in a cloth.
Served cold.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pineapple crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Main courses

Ravioles du Dauphiné with fresh cream

Dauphiné raviole : filled pasta (cottage cheese and parsley).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Lemon charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Profiteroles

Small choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream, often served with whipped cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Candied chestnut vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sauces

Gribiche sauce

Gribiche sauce : enhanced tartar sauce (mayonnaise with capers, chives, gherkins, and chopped parsley) with chopped hard-boiled eggs.

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Miscellaneous

Grilled cheese

Hot sandwich on white bread with butter and cheese.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Cheeses

Pavé correzien

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Limousin. Corrèze.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 to 6 months.

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Cheeses

French gruyère

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Isère. Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d’Or. Doubs. Haute-Saône. Jura. Saône-et-Loire. Territoire de Belfort. Grand Est. Haute-Marne. Vosges.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk containing holes ranging in size from a pea to a cherry.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Seafish

Poached pavé of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti gratin

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Seafish

Turbot soufflé with Nantua sauce

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

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