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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Walnut crumble with roasted pear

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherries Jubilee

Cherries poached in a light syrup and then flambéed with kirsch.

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Poultry

Braised duckling with turnips

Duckling : young duck.
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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Miscellaneous

Lamb 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 thinly sliced lamb, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Cold starters

Langoustine cocktail

Langoustine salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Beef

Flemish carbonade

Flemish : braised in beer.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry gratin

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Fish soup

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Beef

Grilled beef with bone marrow

Grilled beef on which we spread the marrow after cooking.

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Cheeses

Trillium

United States. Indiana.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Seafish

Hake with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Amandine tart

Tart with almond cream.
Amandine : cover with almonds.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear, apple and almond crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Seafish

Roasted turbot with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Seafish

Roasted turbot with black truffles and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Veal

Veal medallion with morels

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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