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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

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Seafish

Stockfish

Cod salted then air-dried.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled shrimp cocktail

Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.

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Main courses

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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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Cheeses

Dauphin

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pineapple flan

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Cheeses

Harbison

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.

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Beef

Grilled beef tournedos 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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Main courses

Lamb tajine with prunes

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Cheese breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Grand Marnier soufflé

Served hot.

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Beef

Braised beef cheek

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cured Meats

Andouillette with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.
Served hot.

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Offal and tripe

Pieds paquets

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Sisteron. Bouches-du-Rhône. Marseille.
Dish made with sheep’s feet and stuffed tripe, filled with pork belly or salted pork, slowly simmered in a white wine and tomato sauce.

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Veal

Veal medallion with morels

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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