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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chanterelle with cream

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Desserts

Chocolate marquise

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

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Sea fish

Sole bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Cheeses

Cheese curds

Canada. United States.
Cheddar-type cow's milk cheese curds.

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Game animals

Venison salmis

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

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Sauces

Ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal-style saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Main meals

Black truffle stew

Black truffles cooked in fat and white wine diluted with broth, served with toasted bread.

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Cooked meats

Cold cut and salad buffet

Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, and the guests help themselves.

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Sea fish

Salmon steak with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters

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Game animals

Haunch of wild boar with huntsman sauce

Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with white grapes

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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