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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken in curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cooked meats

Glazed ham

Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.

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Cheeses

Brocciu

France. Corsica.
Sheep’s milk cheese made from a combination of milk and whey.

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Desserts

Pineapple vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Desserts

Caramelized pear mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Ricotta cannelloni

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with honey

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with clams and toasted bread

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Pork

Pork leg slice with mojette beans

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.
Mojette beans : white beans from Vendée.

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Desserts

Blackcurrant miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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