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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Sea fish

Salmon tartare with soy sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Veal

Veal frikandel

Minced veal with breadcrumbs, eggs and onion cooked in a round patty shape and served with a spicy sauce.

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Desserts

Croquembouche

Tiered cake with choux pastry balls piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel. Pastry centerpiece with praline cream puffs or duchess bread rolls / Croquembouche with praline choux or duchess buns

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Offal and tripe

Lamb kidneys and white wine

Kidneys pan-fried in oil and braised in wine.

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Desserts

Peach turnover

Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Vegetable tart

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Game birds

Quail salmis

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

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Ice cream and sorbets

Fruit sorbet

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