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Meal families

Desserts

Raspberry bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruit, cream, sometimes jam.

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Poultry

Duck Montmorency

Duck served with a poultry cream sauce and Montmorency cherries.

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Poultry

Chicken fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit roasted kid goat and persillade

Persillade : mixture of parsley and garlic chopped with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil.

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Cheeses

Orval

Belgium.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese and a washed rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Leeks vinaigrette

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Others

Yakitori

Skewers with beef, mushrooms, quail wings and eggs, pork with cheese, chicken, etc, served with salt or teriyaki sauce.

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Beef

Braised beef cheek

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Freshwater fish

Geneva style arctic char

Geneva style : creamy white wine sauce based on a blond roux with butter, cream, egg yolk and white wine.

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Sea fish

Brill with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Cooked meats

Hare pâté with mushroom

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Eggs

Toupinel egg

Poached egg served in a baked potato and topped with Mornay sauce.

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Cold starters

Aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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