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Meal families

Desserts

Praline succès cake

Macaron filled with praline cream.

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Cheeses

Clothbound Cheddar

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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Poultry

Poultry with Comté sauce

Comté sauce : grated Comté cheese with white wine, crème fraîche, and shallot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid

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Cold starters

Ham aspic

Slice of ham around an egg in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Desserts

Charlotte royale

Charlotte made with bavarian cream and ladyfingers.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish tails

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive with ham in parchment

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Veal

Wiener Schnitzel with anchovies and capers

Originally the wiener schnitzel contained anchovies and capers.

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Cheeses

Manchego viejo

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 2 years.

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Cooked meats

Rabbit pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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