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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb with rosemary

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

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Cheeses

Taleggio

Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a pink-orange colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 25 to 40 days.

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Freshwater fish

Blanquette of zander

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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Freshwater fish

Pike with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Beef

Entrecote winegrower’s style

Vigneronne sauce : red wine reduction with shallots and butter.

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Veal

Rack of veal with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam chowder

Clam soup with potatoes and onions in broth.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed wild mushrooms

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Seafish

Salmon and tuna ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Opera

Cake with Joconde sponge, coffee buttercream, and chocolate ganache.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Cold starters

Crab cocktail

Crab and egg salad with cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spring vegetable aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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