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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini raviole

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.
Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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Desserts

Poached peaches in red wine

Peaches cooked in wine syrup with toasted almonds.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate mousse

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish based on mussels from bouchot with garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or a dry white wine from Charentes or Cognac, depending on the recipe).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed potato

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Veal

Roman-style saltimbocca

Saltimbocca : thinly sliced veal escalope layered with prosciutto crudo and sage leaf, secured with a toothpick and cooked in butter with white wine added at the end.

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Cold starters

Seafood with mayonnaise

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

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Beef

Tournedos Rossini

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

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Pork

Boudin blanc

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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