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Meal families

Sauces

Shrimp sauce

Shrimp sauce : fish velouté mixed with shrimp butter.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Desserts

Chocolate marquise with caramel sauce

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Warm starters

Shellfish raviole

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

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Poultry

Pullet in demi deuil with Albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Honey ice cream

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Cooked meats

Hare a la royale pâté

A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.
Served cold or at room temperature.

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Squid ink risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Beef

Roast beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Cheeses

Vacherin fribourgeois Rustic

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 12 weeks minimum to 20-25 weeks.

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Main meals

Ravioles du Dauphiné with fresh cream

Dauphiné raviole : filled pasta (cottage cheese and parsley).

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