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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Eggs

Aumale scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.

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Sheep and Goats

Champvallon style lamb chops

Champvallon : baked between two layers of potatoes with poultry broth.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare with lime

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

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with curry

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Freshwater fish

Eel with persillade sauce

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

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Sea fish

Cod brandade with mashed potatoes

Brandade with mashed potatoes.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed oyster mushrooms

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Salads

Vegetable salad with toro and anchovies

Toro : tuna taken from the belly.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with crab, potatoes and curry

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Poultry

Roasted duck breast with grenaille potatoes

Grenailles : small potatoes (diameter between 18 and 35 millimeters).

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Sauces

Mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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