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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant gratin

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Gnocchi

Mixture of wheat flour and potato semolina or durum wheat poached in water and often gratin in the oven with cheese.

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Veal

Roasted provençal rack of veal

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Seafish

Halibut crudo

Italy.
Crudo : a raw fish or seafood dish, usually simply seasoned with a mix of citrus (lime, lemon, grapefruit…) and olive oil, salt, citrus juice (lemon, lime), and vinegar.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chestnut bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière served cold

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Seafish

Sea bass with beurre blanc sauce, with shallots and fennel

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Salads

Grapefruit salade

Grapefruit salad with shrimp, lettuce, smoked salmon…

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherries flambéed in kirsch

Cherries poached in a light syrup, coated in caramel, flambéed, and served over vanilla ice cream.

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Poultry

Souvarov-style fattened chicken

Souvarov : stuffing with fresh foie gras and black truffle cooked in terrine.

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Poultry

Pigeon salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Veal

Tête de veau with gribiche sauce

Gribiche sauce : enhanced tartar sauce (mayonnaise with capers, chives, gherkins, and chopped parsley) with chopped hard-boiled eggs.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Praline

Mixture of caramelized and crushed almonds and hazelnuts.

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