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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Shellfish

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Desserts

Peach Melba

Poached peach half in vanilla syrup, served with vanilla ice cream and raspberry coulis.

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Desserts

Frangipane

Cream made with almonds mixed with pastry cream, butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

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Desserts

Profiteroles

Small choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream, often served with whipped cream.

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Poultry

Duck salmis

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and lemon

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Others

Grilled cheese

Hot sandwich on white bread with butter and cheese.

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Desserts

Croquets bordelais

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Almond biscuit.

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon with sorrel sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine Réserve

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Medium-old Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 6 to 12 months.

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Cheeses

Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.

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