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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pears cassolette with white wine

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Baked apples

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Beef

Braised beef with carrots

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Anchovy butter canapé

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red fruit gratin

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Poultry

Souvarov-style pigeon

Souvarov : stuffing with fresh foie gras and black truffle cooked in terrine.

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Seafish

Brandade

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fennel tart

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Main courses

Matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Grand Marnier soufflé

Served hot.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal-style saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère réserve

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Cambozola

Germany. Allgäu.
Double cream blue soft ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Pork

Jambonneau with lentils

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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