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Meal families

Beef

Roasted rib steak with fleur de sel

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Small oysters

Small oysters (number 5 : between 30 and 45 grams).
Don't forget the bread and butter as an accompaniment.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with meat

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Milk chocolate

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Newberg

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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Feathered game

Roast young partridge with spring vegetables

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach bagatelle

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

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Cold starters

Salmon sashimi

Sashimi : thin slices of raw fish or shellfish.

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Beef

Rib steak with celeriac purée

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Beef

Piece of beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Hot Starters

Lobster raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Cheeses

Plaisir au Chablis

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dolma

Grape leaves or vegetables (eggplant, cabbage, zucchini, bell pepper, tomato, etc) stuffed with spices, onion, rice and sometimes ground meat.

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