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Meal families

Poultry

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori : meat or fish marinated and coated in yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with chanterelles

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Main courses

Fish tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Seafish

Grilled red mullet with tapenade

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Beef

Beef braised in red wine

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

French onion soup gratinee

Soup made with fried onions cooked in broth, topped with bread or gratinated croutons.

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Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise salad

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouée with goat cheese

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Warm round loaf filled with goat cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mounassou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze.
Potato cake with cream, pork and shallots.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Seafish

Curled fried whiting

Fried whiting with hard-boiled egg mayonnaise.

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Cold starters

Fish pâté

Served cold.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Strawberry egg custard

Boiled milk poured over beaten eggs and baked in the oven.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Lemon tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked endive with ham

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