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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with lemon

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes with duck confit

Croquette with chopped duck confit and mashed potatoes or white sauce.

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Desserts

Far breton

France. Brittany.
Dessert made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Poultry

Roasted duckling with Rouen sauce

Duckling : young duck.
Rouen sauce : cider or full-bodied red wine reduced with shallots sweated in butter, combined with brown veal stock, parsley, salt, and pepper, and thickened with a purée of chicken liver.

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Appetizers

Lobster butter canapé

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels in cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Mothais sur feuille

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a natural rind.

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Others

Lamb and beef pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat (lamb, beef), hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Arcachon oysters

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