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Meal families

Seafish

Sea bream with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Savory petits fours

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Main courses

Provençal wild boar daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Furred game

Venison salmis

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

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Cold starters

Cold lobster bavarois

Cold starter with coral and lobster coulis in jelly.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pears cassolette with white wine

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Cheeses

Saint-Marcellin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère. Savoie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate mirror cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Poultry

Squab with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Seafish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Pork

Ham with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Served hot.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Lobster summer roll

Vietnam.
Summer roll : shrimp, vegetables, or beef or pork wrapped in raw rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.

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Salads

Lyonnaise salad

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Salad made with bacon, a poached egg, toasted bread, and frisée or dandelion greens, served with a walnut oil and red wine vinegar vinaigrette.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shrimp risotto

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

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