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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Pork

Pork roast with duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.

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Hot Starters

Spinach and ricotta tart

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Coffee bavarian cream

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cream puffs

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Hot Starters

Lobster raviole with black truffle cream

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Cheeses

Dôme du Poitou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Thin apple tart

Thin tart : on puff pastry.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère bio classique

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes and complying with the requirements of the « Bio Suisse » label.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

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Furred game

Wild boar fillet with bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Cured Meats

Duck paté with duck foie gras

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Seafish

Cod with saffron

Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Seafish

Skate with black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Sauces

Henri IV sauce

Henri IV sauce : béarnaise sauce enriched with veal stock.

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