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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Rack of lamb 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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Veal

Veal escalope with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled shrimp

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Sea fish

Lemon sole goujonnettes

Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.

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Desserts

Croustillons

Deep-fried balls with sugar.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops and black truffle zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Cheeses

Baked mozzarella

Mozzarella : fresh and stretched-curd cheese made from buffalo milk.

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Sea fish

John Dory with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Savarin with rum

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with morel sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Beef

Bordeaux style grilled entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Sauces

Hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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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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Others

Sterlet caviar

Russian caviar.

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Cheeses

Saint-Nectaire

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Pays des monts-Dore (Cantal, Puy de Dôme).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.
Bear the mention « Saint-Nectaire laitier ».

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