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Meal families

Veal

Veal stew Marengo

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

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Desserts

Apple dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Cheeses

L’Ami du Chambertin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal mutton 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 with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Sauces

Bercy sauce

Bercy sauce : Reduction of chopped shallots with peppercorns mixed with white wine with meat glaze and whipped with butter.

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Cooked meats

Cold cuts plate

Assortment of cold meats and charcuterie.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with meunière sauce

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

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Desserts

Strawberry bavarian cream

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

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Desserts

Crepe Suzette

Crêpe with a butter and caramel sauce, freshly squeezed tangerine or orange juice, orange zest, and Grand Marnier or Curaçao.

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Cheeses

Picolin

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Pork

Jambonneau with sauerkraut

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Cold starters

Fish in a shell with mayonnaise

Cold dish made of mixed diced vegetables (macédoine) with lettuce, cold fish (hake, salmon) and mayonnaise.

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Main meals

Potée

Mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Desserts

Zimtsterne

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Soft almond biscuit.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam chowder

Clam soup with potatoes and onions in broth.

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