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Meal families

Poultry

Squab salmis

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with black truffle

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Sugar pie

Belgium. Canada. Quebec. France.
Tart filled with butter, fresh cream and sugar.
The dough varies depending on the origin (Canada : shortcrust pastry).

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Sauces

Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : reduction of white wine or Madeira with a blonde roux to which diced black truffles are added.

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Poultry

Poultry with perigourdine sauce

Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with blonde roux and diced black truffles) enhanced with onions, shallots and duck foie gras.

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Cold starters

Prawn carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

White peach soup

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Seafish

Catalan anchovies

Anchovy fillets with red peppers, drizzled with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and parsley.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry with mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Cheeses

Kanterkaas

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Anchovy butter

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

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Seafish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morels cassolette with fresh cream

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Beef

Roasted beef tenderloin with porcini mushroom sauce

Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.

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