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Meal families

Main meals

Nigirizushi

Vinegared rice hand-pressed and topped with an ingredient (raw or cooked fish, seafood, vegetables, etc.), usually served with wasabi.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with sweet garlic and basil

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Poultry

Goose foie gras

Served cold.

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Cold starters

Lobster paté

Served cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams

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Desserts

Praline macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Desserts

Raspberry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sea fish

Roasted salmon with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Cheeses

Orval

Belgium.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.

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Appetizers

Onion breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Cheeses

Camembert affiné au cidre

Camembert soaked for fifteen days in Norman cider.

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Main meals

Tartiflette

Gratin dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese and bacon bits, baked with Reblochon cheese.

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Veal

Amourettes with morel mushrooms and potatoes

Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.

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Sauces

Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Poultry

Squab with black truffle juice

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

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Cheeses

Fourme d’Ambert

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Brussels sprouts

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Pork

Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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