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Meal families

Furred game

Hare à la Cuillère with grilled bacon and chasseur sauce

A la cuillère : meat slow-cooked in a casserole dish (4 to 8 hours at 160°C), hollowed out and stuffed, then gratinéed before serving.
Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Salads

Langoustines salad with orange butter and tarragon

Orange butter : reduced orange juice with butter and cream.

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Furred game

Hare à la royale

A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.

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Cheeses

Mignon

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind. Refining : at least 4 weeks.

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Main courses

Pike-perch matelote with pinot noir

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Creamy potato

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano tierno

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, white in color.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Lemon fruitcake

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Sheep and Goats

Mutton carbonade

France. Southern France.
Stew with red wine, onions, garlic and meat scraps.

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Sheep and Goats

Confit lamb epigrams

Epigrams : lamb breast pieces.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawn aumoniere

Prawn meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Cheeses

Shepherd’s delight

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.

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Seafish

Blanquette of monkfish

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Main courses

Vegetable tajine

Stew of vegetables based on : eggplant, carrots, zucchini, olive oil, onions, peppers, tomatoes and spices (curry, paprika, ras el hanout).

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Cold starters

Salmon tataki with wasabi

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)

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