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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple bonne femme

Baked apples on slices of bread with caramel.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster carpaccio with vanilla

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

Black plum tart

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Poultry

Young turkey with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Poultry

Squab with black truffle juice

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

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Main courses

Pike-perch matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Aravis

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple and rhubarb crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lobster risotto with saffron

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Seafish

Tuna in escabeche

Escabeche : marinade made with oil and vinegar (or lemon juice).

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver a l’anglaise

English-style : with bacon.

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Miscellaneous

Snails in the Burgundy style

Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).

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Main courses

Matelote with riesling

Matelote : white wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Coolea with cumin seed

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with cumin seed.
Ripening : 6 months.

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