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Meal families

Poultry

Beer chicken

Oven-baked chicken with a cream and beer sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid a la nicoise

Squid cut into thin slices and baked with tomato sauce and herbes de Provence.
Served with potatoes or rice.

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Veal

Veal Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.

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Desserts

Raspberry ganache

A blend of fresh cream, white chocolate, and raspberry coulis.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pumpkin flan

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with lemon confit

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cheeses

Yorkshire Wensleydale

United Kingdom. North Yorkshire.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's and cow's milk, white in color.

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Veal

Veal chop with gremolata

Gremolata : chopped parsley with garlic and grated lemon zest.

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Desserts

Mendiant

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Cake made with stale bread, seasonal fruits and milk, gently baked in a buttered mold.
Preferably served warm.

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Desserts

Apple bonne femme

Baked apples on slices of bread with caramel.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with salmon and shirred eggs

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Cold starters

Bottarga toast

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with meunière sauce

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

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Desserts

Devil’s food cake

Chocolate layer cake filled with chocolate cream and covered with chocolate icing.

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