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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Pike with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Stuffed olives

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Mont d’or

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haut-Doubs.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
Ripening : 21 days minimum.
Available from September 10 to May 10.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear marquise

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

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with herbs

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop in bitter-sweet

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano vecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 18 to 24 months.

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Poultry

Poached chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Profiteroles au chocolat

Small choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream, and covered in chocolate.

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Beef

Steak au poivre

Beef flambéed with Cognac and served with a pepper sauce flavored with white wine, Marsala, or Port, and optionally accompanied by mustard.

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Cheeses

Rigotte de Condrieu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a natural rind colored with annatto.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fruit salad

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Cured Meats

Ham hock

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.
Can be breaded and eaten cold with a salad.

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