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Meal families

Poultry

Roasted duck with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Desserts

Candied pineapple sable and fresh coriander

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Flageolet beans with butter

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Sea fish

Sea bass with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé topped with caramel

Pavé : chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Desserts

Chestnut bavarian cream

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

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Veal

Sliced veal Zurich-style

Thin slices of veal with a reduced cream and veal stock sauce.

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Poultry

Duck breast with chocolate sauce

Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallot, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.

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Game birds

Wood pigeon salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Cheeses

Olivet bleu

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Olivet.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Vanilla ice cream

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Poultry

Phat kaphrao kai

Thailand.
Stir-fried sliced chicken with basil and chili.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Game animals

Venison fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Freshwater fish

Trout tartare

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

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Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter : butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spicy butter

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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