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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Walnut pie

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Whippet cookie

Dry biscuit topped with dome-shaped marshmallow, all coated in chocolate.
Sometimes, you find a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.

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Cold starters

Crab pâté

Served cold.

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Veal

Veal medallion with porcini mushrooms and potatoes

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Cheeses

Clonmore

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with an orange waxed rind.

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Cheeses

St Gall Extra mature

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : over 3 months.

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Pork

Boudin blanc

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams

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Seafish

Grilled red mullet with tapenade and mashed potato with olive oil

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Vegetable fritters

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Veal

Veal filet mignon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Coffee 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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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb in salt crust

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Poultry

Chicken wings with morel cream sauce

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Masoor dal

India.
Spiced soup, stew or sauce made with lentils.

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Poultry

Braised squab

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with blueberry

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Veal

Veal medallion with mushrooms

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate mousse

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Cheeses

Saint-André

France. Normandy. Orne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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