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Meal families

Poultry

Squab with duck foie gras and black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Poultry

Peking duck with sweet spices

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Sea fish

Turbot with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Cold starters

Tomatoes with tomato

Tomatoes stuffed with a tomato tartare.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with coriander

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Desserts

Strawberry miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Poultry

Catalan-style chicken

Chicken with onions, prunes, pine nuts and tomato.

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Veal

Veal shank slice with cider

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Desserts

Eggs in snow with pink pralines

Eggs in snow : egg whites shaped with a spoon and poached in simmering milk or very hot water, accompanied by crème anglaise and generally topped with caramel.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushromm risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Flageolet beans with butter

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Poultry

Coq au vin

Wine stewed chicken.

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