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Meal families

Desserts

Molten dark chocolate cake

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Freshwater fish

Eel in red wine

Eel cut into pieces and cooked in red wine.

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Poultry

Casseroled chicken bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Cooked meats

Cold cut buffet

Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, and the guests help themselves.

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Game birds

Young partridge with lingonberries

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb chops with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Veal

Veal filet mignon with forestière sauce

Forestière sauce : sauce based on butter, mushrooms, fresh cream, and shallots.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with chanterelle

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Cheeses

Camembert affiné au cidre

Camembert soaked for fifteen days in Norman cider.

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Sea fish

Turbot with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants with goat cheese

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Poultry

Chicken cutlets Pozharsky

Pojarski : meatball with breadcrumbs, cream, and eggs, pan-fried until golden.

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Cheeses

Milleens

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4-10 weeks.

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Cheeses

Blarney Castle

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.

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