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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Trout with morel mushrooms and vin jaune sauce

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

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Beef

Rump steak with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken en demi-deuil

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.

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Hot Starters

Ficelle picarde

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Oise. Somme. (Picardy).
Crêpe filled with a preparation of mushrooms, crème fraîche, York ham with shallot, nutmeg, onion and topped with grated Emmental cheese.

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Cheeses

Schlossberger

Suisse. Bern.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 5 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shrimp risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads cassolette with mustard

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Pork

Ham with wine lees

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Ham that has been macerated in Burgundy wine lees for three to five weeks..
Served cold as an appetizer or as a starter.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Gingerbread 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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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Poivrade artichokes with olive oil

Poivrade artichoke : young Violet de Provence artichoke.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with thyme

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tomato soufflé

Tomato stuffed with a mixture of beaten egg, Bechamel and cheese.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with a julienne of leek

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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