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Meal families

Appetizers

Garlic bread

Bread filled with butter and garlic.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Warm starters

Sautéed duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Sea fish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Main meals

Fish tartare

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

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Sea fish

Cotriade

Breton fish stew (kaoteriad contents of a pot) made with different kinds of fish and potatoes served with a broth.
This dish can be accompanied by herbs, shellfish, and vegetables.

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Poultry

Chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

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

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Appetizers

Anchovy butter canapé

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

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Cheeses

Bergamino di Bufala

Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized buffalo's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Game birds

Larded quail

To lard : to insert small pieces of bacon or cured ham into meat.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed mussels with parsley butter

Garlic and parsley butter : butter, garlic and parsley mixed.

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Cheeses

Vézelay

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne. Vézelay.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 7 to 11 days.

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